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ArticleBMJ open2018

Cancer patients' organisation participation in heath policy decision-making: a snapshot/cluster analysis of the EU-28 countries.

Kyriakos Souliotis, Lily-Evangelia Peppou, Chara Tzavara, Eirini Agapidaki, Dimitrios Varvaras, Oreste Buonomo, Dominique Debiais, Stanimir Hasurdjiev, Francois Sarkozy

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Article in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Promoting Patient Safety Through Patient Engagement at the Organisational Level: A Delphi-Based Needs Assessment Among Patient and Family Advisory Councils.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  2. Methods for Involving People With Dementia in Health Policy and Guideline Development: A Scoping Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  6. Shared decision-making in mental health care: have we overlooked the collective level?European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2019
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9 authors.

Kyriakos SouliotisFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece.
Lily-Evangelia PeppouUniversity Mental Health Research Institute, Athens, Greece.
Chara TzavaraCentre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eirini AgapidakiFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece.
Dimitrios VarvarasDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Oreste BuonomoDepartment of Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Dominique DebiaisEuropa Donna, Paris, France.
Stanimir HasurdjievBulgarian National Patients' Organization, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Francois SarkozyFSNB Health & Care, Paris, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesEven though patient involvement in health policy decision-making is well documented, studies evaluating the degree and impact of this participation are scarce. This is even more conspicuous in the case of cancer. There is evidence showing that patients with the same type of cancer and at the same stage of the disease will receive different treatments in different countries. Therefore, it is crucial to assess the degree of patient participation in health policy decision-making across Europe, as it may result in health inequalities across countries. In a response to this research call, the present study aimed to provide a snapshot of cancer patients' organisation (CPO) participation in health policy processes in European Union (EU)-28 countries.

settingCPOs from the EU-28 countries.

participantsPrimary and secondary outcome measures: information about participants' sociodemographic characteristics and their involvement in their CPO was collected as well as data about the CPO. A 17-item index containing questions about the type and impact of participation in various facets of health policy decision-making was used to assess the degree of CPOs participation in health policy decision-making processes and its impact.

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Decision MakingHealth PolicyNeoplasmsPolicy MakingCluster AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesEuropean UnionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ParticipationSurveys and Questionnairescancer patient organizationshealth policy decision makingpatient participation

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PMID30082339
PMCPMC6078250

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