Observational studyWorld journal of urology2016
Quality assessment in prostate cancer centers certified by the German Cancer Society.
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- Adherence to post-therapeutic multidisciplinary tumor board recommendation and its influence on oncological outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer patients following radical prostatectomy.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
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- Value-Based Health Care for Prostate Cancer Centers by Implementing Specific Key Performance Indicators Using a Balanced Score Card.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Precise Prediction of Long-Term Urinary Incontinence after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy by Readily Accessible "Everyday" Diagnostics during Post-Surgical Hospitalization.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Individualized center-based analysis of urinary and sexual functional outcome after radical prostatectomy based on the prostate cancer outcome study: a post hoc pathway to patient outcome measurement analysis for quality improvement.World journal of urology · 2024Article
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- [Urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer-data from 17,149 patients from 125 certified centers].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- [The interoperability of IIEF-5 with EPIC-26 : Sexual function after radical prostatectomy].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
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- Suboptimal use of hormonal therapy among German men with localized high-risk prostate Cancer during 2005 to 2015: analysis of registry data.BMC cancer · 2022Article
- Implementing quality metrics in European Cancer Centers (ECCs).World journal of urology · 2021Article
- From quality management to quality improvement-structures, processes and outcomes.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Is there a clinical benefit from prostate cancer center certification? An evaluation of functional and oncologic outcomes from 22,649 radical prostatectomy patients.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Determinants of self-reported functional status (EPIC-26) in prostate cancer patients prior to treatment.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- A multicenter paper-based and web-based system for collecting patient-reported outcome measures in patients undergoing local treatment for prostate cancer: first experiences.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2020Article
- Use of psycho-oncological services by prostate cancer patients: A multilevel analysis.Cancer medicine · 2020Observational
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Abstract
purposeIn 2008, the German Cancer Society certification program for prostate cancer centers (PCCs) was introduced, fostering multidisciplinary and interprofessional cooperation. Since then, 97 PCCs have been certified. This paper describes the PCC certification program, quality indicators (QI) that are reported during certification, as well as changes over time and correlates of QI fulfillment.
methodsObservational data from 70,683 primary prostate cancer (PCa) cases treated between 2010 and 2013 in certified PCC sites are analyzed using descriptive and correlation analyses.
resultsFulfillment of the requirements is high with over 80 % of the sites fulfilling the requirements for most of the presented QIs with defined target values. Fulfillment increased slightly over time, with significant improvements in conducting multidisciplinary tumor conferences (increasing proportion of cases presented pre- and post-treatment, increasing participation of specialists), psycho-oncologic care, social service counseling and research participation. Bivariate associations between hospital characteristics and QIs observed were most distinct for time since first certification.
conclusionsResults suggest that the PCC certification program presented contributes to establishing multidisciplinary teams over time and assures the provision of high-quality PCa care. However, differences in fulfillment of the requirements exist with regard to hospital characteristics beyond the scope of the certification system.
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