National Oncology Drugs Management System

The National Cancer Drug Management Programme coordinates and manages the use of cancer drugs nationally. A key component of the programme is the Oncology Drugs Management System, which is operated by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) on behalf of NCCP. This online based system is designed to collect information from hospitals on an ongoing basis in relation to patient demographic data, cancer drug use and cancer drug spending.

Purpose: To coordinate and manage the use of cancer drugs nationally. The full statement of purpose can be found at this link [PDF].

Coverage: National – there are 26 acute public hospitals nationally that provide cancer drug services and participate in the National Cancer Drug Management Programme.

Data collection is on a continuous basis to enable a funding mechanism.

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Additional Info

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Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
National Cancer Control Programme
Email
data@national-cancer-cont.ie
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Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
National Cancer Control Programme
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
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Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 2012
Modification date September 14, 2023
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0093
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/MONTHLY
Provenance

Hospital staff input the required data into an online system. The system is managed and operated by PCRS. Anonymised aggregated reports from the system are provided by PCRS to NCCP.

Data is collected monthly.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 2012
End
June 18, 2026
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Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
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Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/PUBLIC
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  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/public-health
  2. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/registries
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/mental-health
  2. http://health.europa.eu/theme/epidemiology
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Minimum typical age 18
Maximum typical age 65
Number of records 71354
Number of records for unique individuals. 444817
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