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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958423903321

Titolo

Assessing the quality of cancer care : an approach to measurement in Georgia / / Committee on Assessing Improvements in Cancer Care in Georgia, National Cancer Policy Board ; Jill Eden and Joseph V. Simone, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

9786610173624

9780309133548

0309133548

9781280173622

1280173629

9780309548144

0309548144

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 270 p

Altri autori (Persone)

EdenJill

SimoneJoseph V

Disciplina

362.196/994/009758

Soggetti

Cancer - Patients - Care - Georgia - Quality control - Measurement

Cancer - Georgia - Prevention - Quality control - Measurement

Cancer - Diagnosis - Georgia - Quality control - Measurement

Cancer - Treatment - Georgia - Quality control - Measurement

Outcome assessment (Medical care) - Georgia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concepts, Methods, and Data Sources -- 3 Preventing Cancer -- 4 Detecting Cancer Early -- 5 Diagnosing Cancer -- 6 Treating Cancer -- 7 Crosscutting Issues in Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care -- 8 Looking Ahead to the Implementation of Quality-of-Cancer-Care Measures -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Sources of Cancer-Related Clinical Guidelines and Quality Indicators -- APPENDIX B Sources of Data: Surveys and Datasets -- APPENDIX C Glossary, Abbreviations, and



Acronyms.

Sommario/riassunto

Shortly after 1998, leading members of Georgia's government, medical community, and public-spirited citizenry began considering ways in which some of Georgia's almost $5 billion, 25-year settlement from the tobacco industry's Master Settlement Agreement with the 50 states could be used to benefit Georgia residents. Given tobacco's role in causing cancer, they decided to create an entity and program with the mission of making Georgia a national leader in cancer prevention, treatment, and research. This new entity--called the Georgia Cancer Coalition, Inc. (GCC)-- and the state of Georgia subsequently began implementing a far-reaching state cancer initiative that includes five strategic goals: (1) preventing cancer and detecting existing cancers earlier; (2) improving access to quality care for all state residents with cancer; (3) saving more lives in the future; (4) training future cancer researchers and caregivers; and (5) turning the eradication of cancer into economic growth for Georgia. Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care identifies a set of measures that could be used to gauge Georgia's progress in improving the quality of its cancer services and in reducing cancer-related morbidity and mortality.