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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Percentage of screening eligible patients up-to-date with Papanicolaou (Pap) tests
Alternate Name
Percentage of screening eligible patients up-to-date with Papanicolaou (Pap) tests
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
This indicator is measuring the percentage of female patients aged 23 to 69 years who had a Pap test within the previous three years.
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Personalized/Custom Reports (includes Practice Reports)
Dimension
Effective
Type
Process
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
Numerator/ Denominator * 100
Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Number of screen eligible aged 23 to 69 years who had a Pap smear within the past three years

Includes:

  • Ontario women aged 23-69 years at the index date
  • Index date was defined by service date in OHIP in a three-year period
  • Pap tests identified using fee codes in OHIP (E 430, G365a, G394a, L712, or L812)
  • Each woman is counted once regardless of the number of Pap tests performed in a three-year period
Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

Total number of screen-eligible women aged 23 to 69 years

Excludes:

  • Women with a missing or invalid HCN, date of birth, LHIN or postal code
  • Women with a history of cervical cancer and/or a hysterectomy using the fee codes in OHIP (S710, S727, S757, S758, S759, S762, S763, S765, S766, S767, S810, S816).
Data Source
Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Primary Care Performance Measurement (PCPM) Framework, Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Same-day Surgery Database (SDS)
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
A small proportion of Pap tests performed as a diagnostic test could not be excluded from the analysis. The indicator does not capture test done in hospital laboratories or paid through alternate payment plans such as out-of-pocket.
 
TAGS
Sector
Primary Care
Type
Process
Topic
Prevention / Screening
Dimension
Effective
Source
Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Primary Care Performance Measurement (PCPM) Framework, Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Same-day Surgery Database (SDS)
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
12/04/2016 10:06:00