Improved guideline compliance after a 3-year audit of multidisciplinary colorectal cancer care in the Western part of The Netherlands

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Van Der Geest, Lydia G M ^a   Krijnen, Pieta ^a   Wouters, Michel W J M ^b   Erkelens, Willemien W ^c   Marinelli, Andreas W K S ^d   Nortier, Hans W R ^b   Tollenaar, Rob A E M ^b   Struikmans, Henk ^e  

^a Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^e Radiotherapy Centre West   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Colorectal cancer; Guideline compliance; Process indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM CANCER;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861997467     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23038     Document Type: Article

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