Quality of care indicators in rectal cancer
| Journal | Volume 74 - 2011 |
| Issue | Fasc.3 - Symposium |
| Author(s) | P. Demetter, W. Ceelen, E. Danse, K. Haustermans, A. Jouret-Mourin, A. Kartheuser, S. Laurent, G. Molle, N. Nagy, P. Scalliet, E. Van Cutsem, M. Van Den Eynde, J. Van De Stadt, E. Van Eycken, J.-L. Van Laethem, K. Vindevoghel, F. Penninckx |
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| (1) Pathology, Erasme University Hospital (ULB) ; (2) Surgery, Ghent University Hospital (UG) ; (3) Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St.-Luc (UCL) ; (4) Radiotherapy, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg (KUL) ; (5) Pathology, Cliniques Universitaires St.-Luc (UCL) ; (6) Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St.-Luc (UCL) ; (7) Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital (UG) ; (8) Surgery, Hôpital de Jolimont ; (9) Pathology, CHU Charleroi ; (10) Radiotherapy, Cliniques Universitaires St.-Luc (UCL) ; (11) Gastroenterology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg (KUL) ; (12) Gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires St.-Luc (UCL) ; (13) Surgery, Erasme University Hospital (ULB) ; (14) Stichting Kankerregister, Brussels ; (15) Gastroenterology, Erasme University Hospital (ULB) ; (16) Surgery, O.L.V. van Lourdes Ziekenhuis Waregem ; (17) Surgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg (KUL). |
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Quality of health care is a hot topic, especially with regard to cancer. Although rectal cancer is, in many aspects, a model onco- logic entity, there seem to be substantial differences in quality of care between countries, hospitals and physicians. PROCARE, a Belgian multidisciplinary national project to improve outcome in all patients with rectum cancer, identified a set of quality of care indicators covering all aspects of the management of rectal cancer. This set should permit national and international benchmarking, i.e. comparing results from individual hospitals or teams with national and international performances with feedback to partici- pating teams. Such comparison could indicate whether further improvement is possible and/or warranted. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2011, 74, 445-450). |
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