Proportion of Regular Female Clients With an Up-To-Date Cervical Screening Test Recorded in Their GP Record Within the Previous 5 Years
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
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Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This indicator reports on the proportion of regular female clients aged 25 to 74 years, who have not had a hysterectomy, who had a cervical screening test (for human papillomavirus) recorded in their GP record after 1 December 2017 and within the previous 5 years.
Numerator
Number of regular female clients with an up-to-date cervical screening test recorded in their GP record within the previous 5 years.
Denominator
Total number of female clients aged 25-74 years.
Exclusions
Clients are excluded from the measure if they: had a complete hysterectomy, did not have the test due to documented medical reasons, system reasons (test not available), or client reasons (e.g. refusal), had results from measurements conducted outside of the service which were not available to the service, or no longer require testing.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
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Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Supplied to AIHW from Primary health Networks (PHNs) as outlined in the PIPQI Improvement Measures - Technical Specifications (Department of Health 2020a)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
PIPQI annual data update