Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators

Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators

Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in young adult men. The prognosis is excellent in limited disease and cure is possible even in advanced disease. Quality performance indicators (QPI) are used in many developed countries as a measure of healthcare performance. We report and discuss the...

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Main Authors: Ashita Waterston, Jeff White, Mark A Baxter, Graham MacDonald, Jahangeer Malik, Alistair Law, Åsa Dahle-Smith, Walter Mmeka, Roland Donat, Cj Shukla, John Connor, Colin Houston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:BMJ Open Quality
Online Access:https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/9/1/e000726.full
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spelling doaj-69a95f666a3d4ac5b1edff8b1dfe317a2020-11-25T03:15:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open Quality2399-66412020-03-019110.1136/bmjoq-2019-000726Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicatorsAshita Waterston0Jeff WhiteMark A Baxter1Graham MacDonald2Jahangeer Malik3Alistair Law4Åsa Dahle-Smith5Walter Mmeka6Roland Donat7Cj Shukla8John Connor9Colin Houston102Beatson West of Scotland Cancer CentreUniversity of Dundee, Dundee, UKDepartment of Oncology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UKDepartment of Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UKDepartment of Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UKDepartment of Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UKDepartment of Oncology, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UKDepartment of Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UKDepartment of Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UKNHS Scotland National Services Division, Edinburgh, UKNHS Scotland National Services Division, Edinburgh, UKTesticular cancer is the most common malignancy in young adult men. The prognosis is excellent in limited disease and cure is possible even in advanced disease. Quality performance indicators (QPI) are used in many developed countries as a measure of healthcare performance. We report and discuss the development of a national set of QPIs in Scotland for testicular cancer as a method of gathering demographic data and driving improvement in nationwide testicular cancer outcomes.https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/9/1/e000726.full
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author Ashita Waterston
Jeff White
Mark A Baxter
Graham MacDonald
Jahangeer Malik
Alistair Law
Åsa Dahle-Smith
Walter Mmeka
Roland Donat
Cj Shukla
John Connor
Colin Houston
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Jeff White
Mark A Baxter
Graham MacDonald
Jahangeer Malik
Alistair Law
Åsa Dahle-Smith
Walter Mmeka
Roland Donat
Cj Shukla
John Connor
Colin Houston
Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
BMJ Open Quality
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Colin Houston
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title Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
title_short Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
title_full Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
title_fullStr Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
title_full_unstemmed Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
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series BMJ Open Quality
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publishDate 2020-03-01
description Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in young adult men. The prognosis is excellent in limited disease and cure is possible even in advanced disease. Quality performance indicators (QPI) are used in many developed countries as a measure of healthcare performance. We report and discuss the development of a national set of QPIs in Scotland for testicular cancer as a method of gathering demographic data and driving improvement in nationwide testicular cancer outcomes.
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