Measuring the quality of cancer care in the Barwon South Western region, Victoria, Australia Matheson, LM, Pitson, G, Yap, CH, Singh, M, Collins, Ian, Campbell, P, Patrick, A and Rogers, MJ 2021, Measuring the quality of cancer care in the Barwon South Western region, Victoria, Australia, International journal for quality in health care, vol. 33, no. 1, doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa145. Title Measuring the quality of cancer care in the Barwon South Western region, Victoria, Australia Author(s) Matheson, LM Pitson, G Yap, CH Singh, M Collins, Ian orcid.org/0000-0001-6936-0942 Campbell, P Patrick, A Rogers, MJ Journal name International journal for quality in health care Volume number 33 Issue number 1 Publisher Oxford University Press Place of publication Oxford, Eng. Publication date 2021 ISSN 1353-4505 1464-3677 Keyword(s) cancer clinical quality indicators health Service patient care treatment pathways Summary Objective The implementation of clinical quality indicators for monitoring cancer care in regional, rural and remote areas. Design Retrospective data from a population-based Clinical Quality Registry for lung, colorectal, and breast cancer. Setting All major Health Services in the Barwon South Western Region, Victoria, Australia. Participants All patients diagnosed with cancer presenting to a Health Service Intervention(s) Main Outcome Measures(s) Clinical Quality Indicators for Lung, Colorectal and Breast Cancer Results Clinical indicators included the following: discussion at multidisciplinary meetings, timeliness of care provided, type of care for different stages of the disease and survival outcomes. Many of the derived clinical indicator targets were reached. However, variation led to improvement in tumour stage being recorded in the medical record; improved awareness of the need for adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer; a reduction in time to treatment for lung cancer; reduced time to surgery for breast cancer; and highlighted the 30 day mortality post treatment for all of the tumour streams. Conclusions Clinical quality indicators allow for valuable insights into patterns of care, driving improvement in the quality of cancer care. These indicators are easily reproduced and may be of use to other cancer centres and health services. Language eng DOI 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa145 Indigenous content off Field of Research 11 Medical and Health Sciences 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30145527 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 07:40:58 EST Sat, 21 Nov 2020, 04:00:54 EST Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 05:12:04 EST Mon, 01 Mar 2021, 11:50:08 EST Mon, 01 Mar 2021, 11:51:50 EST Mon, 01 Mar 2021, 14:53:24 EST Sat, 20 Mar 2021, 01:34:04 EST Sat, 05 Jun 2021, 02:32:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 27 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 07:40:58 EST

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