Percentage-eligible-patients-colorectal-screening

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Percentage of screening eligible patients up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening (Retired)

Alternate Name

Percentage of screening eligible patients up-to-date with colorectal screening

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of screen eligible patients aged 50 to 74 years who had a FOBT within the past two years, other investigations (i.e. flexible sigmoidoscopy) within the past 10 years or a colonoscopy within the past 10 years.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Effective

Type

Outcome

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided by denominator times 100.

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Number of screen-eligible individuals who had a FOBT within past two years, other investigations (e.g. flexible sigmoidoscopy) within the past 10 years, or a colonoscopy within the past 10 years.

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Number of screen-eligible patients aged 50 to 74 years.

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Colonoscopy Interim Reporting Tool (CIRT), Laboratory Reporting Tool (LRT), Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Pathology Information Management System (PIMS), PCCF+ version 5k6A, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)

Data provided to HQO by

In-house data collection

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

A small proportion of FOBTs performed as diagnostic tests could not be excluded from the analysis. FOBTs analyzed in hospital labs could not be captured.

Comments Summary

This is an additional QIP indicator for 2017/18. Current performance reporting period: annually.