Quality indicators of colorectal cancer care in southern Switzerland: results from a population-based study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed the feasibility of assessing QoCC using Cancer Registry population-based data. Results according to the clinical domain of pathology, surgery, oncology and radio-oncology in southern Switzerland are generally positive and encouraging, sometimes more favourable in comparison with other international studies, except the very low proportion of patients with a diagnosis based on opportunistic screening (8.6%). Considering the lack in the literature of population-based studies, further national and international reports are urgently needed for comparative analysis as well as standardisation of QI definition is absolutely necessary for inter-regional comparative goals. PMID: 29185241 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research