Development and Implementation of a Cancer Quality Index in Queensland, Australia: A Tool for Monitoring Cancer Care | Zendy

Euan Walpole | Zendy; David E. Theile | Zendy; Shoni Philpot | Zendy; Philippa Youl | Zendy

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Development and Implementation of a Cancer Quality Index in Queensland, Australia: A Tool for Monitoring Cancer Care

Author(s) -

Euan Walpole,

David E. Theile,

Shoni Philpot,

Philippa Youl

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of oncology practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1935-469X

pISSN - 1554-7477

DOI - 10.1200/jop.18.00372

Subject(s) - medicine , cancer registry , population , health care , population health , quality management , custodians , index (typography) , quality (philosophy) , quality assurance , environmental health , operations management , computer science , management system , archaeology , world wide web , economics , history , economic growth , philosophy , external quality assessment , epistemology , pathology

Many cancer-specific assessment tools to measure health care performance have been developed. However, reporting on quality indicators at a population level is uncommon. We describe the development and implementation of a Cancer Quality Index (CQI) and examine the sensitivity of the index to detect change over time.

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