Quality criteria and certification for paediatric oncology centres: an international cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: Quality criteria and certification possibilities for paediatric oncology centres vary between countries and are not widely used. An overview of the type and how quality criteria and certifications are used in countries with highly developed healthcare systems is missing. This international cross-sectional survey investigated the use of quality criteria for paediatric oncology centres and whether certification is possible. We sent an online survey to paediatric oncologists from 32 countries worldwide and analysed the survey results and provided regional or national documents on quality criteria and certification possibilities descriptively. Paediatric oncologists from 28 (88%) countries replied. In most countries, the paediatric oncology centres were partly or completely grown historically

SUBMITTER: Schladerer SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363956 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature