Measuring the quality of skin cancer management in primary care: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Skin cancer is a growing global problem and a significant health and economic burden. Despite the practical necessity for skin cancer to be managed in primary care settings, little is known about how quality of care is or should be measured in this setting. This scoping review aimed to capture the breadth and range of contemporary evidence related to the measurement of quality in skin cancer management in primary care settings. Six databases were searched for relevant texts reporting on quality measurement in primary care skin cancer management. Data from 46 texts published since 2011 were extracted, and quality measures were catalogued according to the three domains of the Donabedian model of healthcare quality (structure, process and outcome). Quality measures within each domain were ind

SUBMITTER: Spanos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952799 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature