Thematic Analysis of Organizational Characteristics in NCI Community Oncology Research Program Cancer Care Delivery Research.

ABSTRACT: Organizational characteristics, including organizational structures and processes, are important to understanding care delivery and health outcomes. However, organizational-level constructs present measurement challenges in care delivery research. This analysis aims to understand if, when, and how organizational characteristics are examined in a National Cancer Institute (NCI) research network conducting cancer care delivery research (CCDR). The NCI Community Oncology Research Program encourages consideration of organizational variables in CCDR studies. We conducted a cross-sectional thematic analysis to identify organizational characteristics examined in this portfolio of research. Organizational characteristics targeted, related measures, and analytic approach were abstracted by 2 study

SUBMITTER: Weaver SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8895311 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature