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Quality indicators in surgical oncology: systematic review of measures used to compare quality across hospitals.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Application of artificial intelligence for surgical skill assessment and quality control in minimally invasive surgery: progress, problems and prospect].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2026Review
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- From exception to insight: a phenomenological study of quality managers' perspectives on the individual appeals in the National Healthcare Quality Program.Israel journal of health policy research · 2026Article
- Implementing a balanced scorecard-driven performance dashboard for governance in a public oncology centre in Morocco.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
- Textbook outcome in gastrectomy: useful metric or moving target? A scoping review.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025Article
- External validation of current quality care metrics after radical nephroureterectomy.BJU international · 2025Article
- Review
- Quality Indicators in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: A Scoping Review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-facialeArticle
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10 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMeasurement and reporting of quality indicators at the hospital level has been shown to improve outcomes and support patient choice. Although there are many studies validating individual quality indicators, there has been no systematic approach to understanding what quality indicators exist for surgical oncology and no standardization for their use. The aim of this study was to review quality indicators used to assess variation in quality in surgical oncology care across hospitals or regions. It also sought to describe the aims of these studies and what, if any, feedback was offered to the analysed groups.
methodsA literature search was performed to identify studies published between 1 January 2000 and 23 October 2023 that applied surgical quality indicators to detect variation in cancer care at the hospital or regional level.
resultsA total of 89 studies assessed 91 unique quality indicators that fell into the following Donabedian domains: process indicators (58; 64%); outcome indicators (26; 29%); structure indicators (6; 7%); and structure and outcome indicators (1; 1%). Purposes of evaluating variation included: identifying outliers (43; 48%); comparing centres with a benchmark (14; 16%); and supplying evidence of practice variation (29; 33%). Only 23 studies (26%) reported providing the results of their analyses back to those supplying data.
conclusionComparisons of quality in surgical oncology within and among hospitals and regions have been undertaken in high-income countries. Quality indicators tended to be process measures and reporting focused on identifying outlying hospitals. Few studies offered feedback to data suppliers.
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