Quality and Outcomes Framework Indicators: Cancer prevalence (QOF_4_01)

Rose, Tanith, Daras, Konstantinos and Barr, Benjamin (2021) Quality and Outcomes Framework Indicators: Cancer prevalence (QOF_4_01). [Data Collection]

Original Record Link: https://pldr.org/dataset/vdk4e

Description

Summary This indicator measures the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of cancer that was made on or after 1st April 2003. Patients are of all ages, and numbers are given since 2005, across areas of England. Technical description The percentage of patients with a diagnosis of cancer (excluding non-melanotic skin cancers) diagnosed on or after 1st April 2003. GP practices reporting >30% cancer prevalence are excluded from the calculation. QOF data by GP practice and year were provided by the data owners. These data were used to calculate weighted averages of the indicator by Lower Super Output Area (LSOA).

Keywords: Primary care, Cancer prevalence, GPs, QOF
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health > Public Health, Policy and Systems
Depositing User: Konstantinos Daras
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2021 11:00
Last Modified: 09 Jun 2021 12:15
DOI: 10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/1390
Original Record Link: https://pldr.org/dataset/vdk4e
Collection Name: PLDR
Geography: LSOA, England
URI: https://datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/1390

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