Using relative survival measures for cross-sectional and longitudinal benchmarks of countries, states, and districts: the BenchRelSurv- and BenchRelSurvPlot-macros.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of screening programs is to discover life threatening diseases in as many patients as early as possible and to increase the chance of survival. To be able to compare aspects of health care quality, methods are needed for benchmarking that allow comparisons on various health care levels (regional, national, and international).

Objectives

Applications and extensions of algorithms can be used to link the information on disease phases with relative survival rates and to consolidate them in composite measures. The application of the developed SAS-macros will give results for benchmarking of health care quality. Data examples for breast cancer care are given.

Methods

A reference scale (expected, E) must be defined at a time point at which all benchm

SUBMITTER: Jacke CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3602052 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature