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Implementing clinical protocols in oncology: quality gaps and the learning curve phenomenon

Author(s) -

Simos Kedikoglou,

Konstantinos Syrigos,

Yannis Skalkidis,

Fani Ploiarchopoulou,

Nick Dessypris,

Eleni Petridou

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki013

Subject(s) - protocol (science) , quality (philosophy) , audit , quality management , medicine , medical physics , clinical practice , quality audit , quality assurance , clinical audit , quality score , medline , operations management , family medicine , pathology , alternative medicine , accounting , external quality assessment , philosophy , metric (unit) , epistemology , management system , political science , economics , law , business

The quality improvement effort in clinical practice has focused mostly on 'performance quality', i.e. on the development of comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines. This study aimed to assess the 'conformance quality', i.e. the extent to which guidelines once developed are correctly and consistently applied. It also aimed to assess the existence of quality gaps in the treatment of certain patient segments as defined by age or gender and to investigate methods to improve overall conformance quality.

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