Quality criteria for pediatric oncology centers: A systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Survival of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer improved over the last decades due to better diagnostics, treatment, and supportive care. Quality criteria that measure, compare, and make the quality of care of individual pediatric oncology centers more transparent are heterogeneous and inconsistent.

Aim

With this systematic review, we aimed to summarize existing quality criteria for pediatric oncology centers in countries with highly developed health-care systems.

Methods

We searched three databases for publications, and websites for guidelines about quality criteria for pediatric oncology centers in February 2022. We considered all types of publications except expert opinions. We excluded publications not focusing on highly developed health-ca

SUBMITTER: Schladerer SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10557895 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature