Cancer Screening Rates for Cervical, Bowel and Breast Cancer

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care: Primary Health Networks (PHN) Performance and Quality Framework
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Preventive Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Cancer screening rates are participation rates in breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening programs; Screening population cohorts are: Breast – women aged 50 to 74 years who undertake screening every 2 years; Bowel – women and men aged 50 to 74 years who are invited to screen in a 24 month period who returned a completed test within this period or the following 6 months; Cervical – women aged 25 to 74 years who undertake the Cervical Screening Test every 5 years

Numerator

Participants in screening

Denominator

Estimate of persons in target population (or for Bowel Cancer those who were invited to participate)

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

PHN area

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

BreastScreen Australia Program, Bowel Screening Programme and Cervical Screening Programme

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
30
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025