Department of Health

Key messages

  • Victorian radiotherapy services are required to submit radiotherapy data to the department.
  • The Victorian Radiotherapy Minimum Data Set collects data related to radiotherapy services.
  • The department uses the data for service planning and development.

All Victorian radiotherapy services report course data monthly to the Victorian Radiotherapy Minimum Data Set (VRMDS).

The dataset contains demographic, administrative and clinical data for admitted and non-admitted patients treated in Victorian radiotherapy facilities, in both the public and private sectors.

The department uses the data to inform service planning for radiotherapy facilities. It also assesses metrics associated with this, such as variations in radiotherapy utilisation rates across the state.

For more information, see the Victorian Radiotherapy Minimum Data Set user manual.

Reviewed 08 July 2022

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Contact details

Data and Funding Support Team Cancer Strategy and Development Unit

Contact details

Radiotherapy Cancer Strategy and Development, Department of Health and Human Services

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