Improving Symptoms Control QOL and Quality of Care for Women with Breast Cancer: Developing a Research Program on Neurological Effects via Doctoral Education

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Bakitas ◽  
Tim A. Ahles
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Doctoral Education ◽  
Neurological Effects

Quality of care in breast cancer centers: Results of benchmarking by the German Cancer Society and German Society for Breast Diseases

The Breast ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Kowalski ◽  
Julia Ferencz ◽  
Sara Y. Brucker ◽  
Rolf Kreienberg ◽  
Simone Wesselmann
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
German Society ◽  
Breast Diseases ◽  
German Cancer Society ◽  
Cancer Society ◽  
Cancer Centers

Improving the organisation of breast cancer care increases quality of care while reducing costs

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
G.L Beets ◽  
C.N.A Frotscher ◽  
C.D Dirksen ◽  
M.H Hebly ◽  
M.F von Meyenfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Breast Cancer Care ◽  
Reducing Costs

Patients’ Assessment of Quality of Care: A Survey of a Group of Breast Cancer Patients in Italy

1985 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 491-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Liberati ◽  
Carlo Confalonieri ◽  
Gemma Martino ◽  
Renato Talamini ◽  
Marcello Tamburini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Specialized Institutions

Patients’ assessment of quality of care was investigated in 825 women with breast cancer treated in a group of specialized and non-specialized institutions in Italy. A 10-page mail questionnaire explored patients’ adjustment to the disease, satisfaction with care, and quality of the information on diagnosis and treatment. Most of the 428 (52 %) responders reported good or acceptable adjustment to the disease (as reflected by acceptable performance in some daily living activities), and favorable judgment about care providers, but many women complained of hospital organizational deficiencies. A contradictory picture emerged regarding the quality of information. Completeness and thoroughness appeared seriously deficient when examined objectively using a series of explicit predefined criteria, but patients’ assessments showed in most cases moderate or high satisfaction. The paper presents these results and discusses pros and cons in the use of patients’ opinions for evaluation of quality of care.

Proposed Agenda for the Measurement of Quality-of-Care Outcomes in Oncology Practice

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2614-2614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne S. Mandelblatt ◽  
Patricia A. Ganz ◽  
Katherine L. Kahn
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Oncology Practice ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT: Cancer is an important disease, and health care services have the potential to improve the quality and quantity of life for cancer patients. The delivery of these services also has recently been well codified. Given this framework, cancer care presents a unique opportunity for clinicians to develop and test outcome measures across diverse practice settings. Recently, the Institute of Medicine released a report reviewing the quality of cancer care in the United States and called for further development and monitoring of quality indicators. Thus, as we move into the 21st century, professional and regulatory agencies will be seeking to expand process measures and develop and validate outcomes-oriented measures for cancer and other diseases. For such measures to be clinically relevant and feasible, it is key that the oncology community take an active leadership role in this process. To set the stage for such activities, this article first reviews broad methodologic concerns involved in selecting measures of the quality of care, using breast cancer to exemplify key issues. We then use the case of breast cancer to review the different phases of cancer care and provide examples of phase-specific measures that, after careful operationalization, testing, and validation, could be used as the basis of an agenda for measuring the quality of breast cancer care in oncology practice. The diffusion of process and outcome measures into practice; the practicality, reliability, and validity of these measures; and the impact that these indicators have on practice patterns and the health of populations will be key to evaluating the success of such quality-of-care paradigms. Ultimately, improved quality of care should translate into morbidity and mortality reductions.

222 Breast Cancer Quality of Care and Outcomes According to Surgeon Caseload

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. S108
Author(s):  
F. Taban ◽  
E. Rapiti ◽  
G. Fioretta ◽  
Y. Wespi ◽  
D. Weintraub ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care

scholarly journals Problems in transition and quality of care: perspectives of breast cancer survivors

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1921-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee Kendall Roundtree ◽  
Sharon H. Giordano ◽  
Andrea Price ◽  
Maria E. Suarez-Almazor
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors
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