Time and Resources Needed to Document Patients with Breast Cancer from Primary Diagnosis to Follow-up - Results of a Single-center Study.

ABSTRACT: Aim: Certification of breast centers helps improve the quality of care but requires additional resources, particularly for documentation. There are currently no published data on the actual staff costs and financial resources required for such documentation. The aim of this study was to determine the time and resources required to document a patient with primary breast cancer from diagnosis to the end of follow-up, to establish a database for future strategic decisions. Material and Methods: All diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of patients with primary breast cancer were recorded at the University Breast Center of Franconia. All time points for documentation were evaluated using structured interviews. The times required to document a representative number of patients wer

SUBMITTER: Lux MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4153817 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature