Cervical-cancer-screening-QIP - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

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INDICATOR NAME

Name

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

Alternate Name

Percentage of screening eligible patients up-to-date with cervical cancer screening QIP

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of women aged 21-69 who had a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear within the past three 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 denominator times 100.

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

Number of screen-eligible women aged 21-69 years who had a Pap smear within the past three years.

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

Total number of Ontario screen-eligible women aged 21-69 years, in a given three-year period.

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Client Agency Program Data (CAPE), Corporate Provider Database (CPDB), Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Pathology Information Management System (PIMS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)

Data provided to HQO by

In-house data collection

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

Institution, Region, Time

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.

Comments Summary

This is an additional QIP indicator for 2017/18. Current performance reporting period: annually. This indicator is consistent with Cancer Care Ontario’s cervical cancer screening indicator. Primary care organizations that have access to Cancer Care Ontario’s Screening Activity Reports (SAR) are encouraged to use this indicator. Health Quality Ontario recommends that primary care organizations select ONE of the cervical cancer screening indicators for their QIP (e.g., either the “up to date” or “completed a Pap in the last 42 months” (CCO) indicator.).