Evaluation of Access to Hospitals Most Ready to Achieve National Accreditation for Rectal Cancer Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC) promotes multidisciplinary care to improve oncologic outcomes in rectal cancer. However, accreditation requirements may be difficult to achieve for the lowest-performing institutions. Thus, it is unknown whether the NAPRC will motivate care improvement in these settings or widen disparities.

Objectives

To characterize hospitals' readiness for accreditation and identify differences in the patients cared for in hospitals most and least prepared for accreditation.

Design, setting, and participants

A total of 1315 American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer-accredited hospitals in the National Cancer Database from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2015, were sorted in

SUBMITTER: Antunez AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583388 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature