Utilization of Prostate Cancer Quality Metrics for Research and Quality Improvement: A Structured Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The shift toward value-based care in the United States emphasizes the role of quality measures in payment models. Many diseases, such as prostate cancer, have a proliferation of quality measures, resulting in resource burden and physician burnout. This study aimed to identify and summarize proposed prostate cancer quality measures and describe their frequency and use in peer-reviewed literature.

Methods

The PubMed database was used to identify quality measures relevant to prostate cancer care, and included articles in English through April 2018. A gray literature search for other documents was also conducted. After the selection process of the pertinent articles, measure characteristics were abstracted, and uses were summarized for the 10 most frequently utilized

SUBMITTER: Gori D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494082 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature