{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Ortelli L"],"funding":["Advisory Board Research Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale","Verein fur Krebsforschung"],"pagination":["733"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6042390"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Quality of cancer care (QoCC) has become an important item for providers, regulators and purchasers of care worldwide. Aim of this study is to present the results of some evidence-based quality indicators (QI) for prostate cancer (PC) at the population-based level and to compare the outcomes with data available in the literature.<h4>Methods</h4>The study included all PC diagnosed on a three years period analysis (01.01.2011-31.12.2013) in the population of Canton Ticino (Southern Switzerland) extracted from the Ticino Cancer Registry database. 13 QI, approved through the validated Delphi methodology, were calculated using the \"available case\" approach: 2 for diagnosis, 4 for pathology, 6 for treatment and 1 for outcome. The selection of the computed QI was based on the a"],"journal":["BMC cancer"],"pubmed_title":["Quality indicators of clinical cancer care for prostate cancer: a population-based study in southern Switzerland."],"pmcid":["PMC6042390"],"funding_grant_id":["KFS - 02668-08-2010","ABREOC 10/2010"],"pubmed_authors":["Ortelli L","Mazzucchelli L","Bordoni A","Spitale A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Quality indicators of clinical cancer care for prostate cancer: a population-based study in southern Switzerland.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Quality of cancer care (QoCC) has become an important item for providers, regulators and purchasers of care worldwide. Aim of this study is to present the results of some evidence-based quality indicators (QI) for prostate cancer (PC) at the population-based level and to compare the outcomes with data available in the literature.<h4>Methods</h4>The study included all PC diagnosed on a three years period analysis (01.01.2011-31.12.2013) in the population of Canton Ticino (Southern Switzerland) extracted from the Ticino Cancer Registry database. 13 QI, approved through the validated Delphi methodology, were calculated using the \"available case\" approach: 2 for diagnosis, 4 for pathology, 6 for treatment and 1 for outcome. The selection of the computed QI was based on the a","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jul","modification":"2025-04-04T18:42:01.484Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:46:18Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6042390","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29996904"],"doi":["10.1186/s12885-018-4604-2"]}}