Data from a national lung cancer registry contributes to improve outcome and quality of surgery: Danish results☆

Jakobsen, Erik; Palshof, Torben; Østerlind, Kell; Pilegaard, Hans K.

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.09.026

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“…The possibility of improving the results of clinical management involves gathering information from obtained data, which has spurred initiatives for massive use of databases, which has shown improvement in clinical results [4]. Initiatives for the comparison of results are recent.…”

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Benchmarking in thoracic surgery

Freixinet

Varela

Molins

et al. 2011

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Benchmarking in thoracic surgery

Freixinet

Varela

Molins

et al. 2011

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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“…In addition, several surveys and audits at the regional and national level have described different aspects of care and made recommendations for improvement in referral practices, and diagnostic and therapeutic pathways. These can then be evaluated as part of a quality assurance programme to assess impact on outcome measures such as survival [63,64].…”

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The European initiative for quality management in lung cancer care

Blum¹,

Rich²,

Baldwin³

et al. 2014

European Respiratory Journal

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Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer-related death worldwide and poses a significant respiratory disease burden. Little is known about the provision of lung cancer care across Europe. The overall aim of the Task Force was to investigate current practice in lung cancer care across Europe.The Task Force undertook four projects: 1) a narrative literature search on quality management of lung cancer; 2) a survey of national and local infrastructure for lung cancer care in Europe; 3) a benchmarking project on the quality of (inter)national lung cancer guidelines in Europe; and 4) a feasibility study of prospective data collection in a pan-European setting.There is little peer-reviewed literature on quality management in lung cancer care. The survey revealed important differences in the infrastructure of lung cancer care in Europe. The European guidelines that were assessed displayed wide variation in content and scope, as well as methodological quality but at the same time there was relevant duplication. The feasibility study demonstrated that it is, in principle, feasible to collect prospective demographic and clinical data on patients with lung cancer. Legal obligations vary among countries.The European Initiative for Quality Management in Lung Cancer Care has provided the first comprehensive snapshot of lung cancer care in Europe. Executive summaryThis European Respiratory Society (ERS) Task Force report describes the first phase of an ambitious initiative with the ultimate aim to improve the quality of care for people with lung cancer across Europe. The Task Force undertook four projects. 1) An extensive review of the literature on quality management revealed evidence that was mainly limited to individual aspects of quality improvement. 2) A baseline survey of national and local infrastructure of healthcare showed marked differences in resources and access to care among 37 countries. 3) A benchmarking project on the quality of guidelines showed that well-resourced guidelines were better. 4) A feasibility study showed that contemporary clinical data collection was possible through a clinical network representing 28 European countries. The Task Force has created a platform for future research and development of initiatives that may lead to improved care for people with lung cancer in Europe.

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“…Registration of outcome is common and research with PROMs in cancer patients shows that its use enhances patient-clinician communication, patientsatisfaction and eventually quality of care [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Partly due to the lack of capacity or funding for traditional follow-up, long-term follow-up is generally not available for high-volume elective treatments such as cholecystectomy, inguinal hernia repair, rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids etc.…”

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confidence: 99%