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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eden, Jill.

Simone, Joseph V.

National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Assessing Improvements in Cancer Care in Georgia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Cancer.

Cancer--Georgia--Prevention--Quality control--Measurement.

Cancer--Diagnosis--Georgia--Quality control--Measurement.

Cancer--Treatment--Georgia--Quality control--Measurement.

Outcome assessment (Medical care)--Georgia.

Outcome assessment (Medical care).

Physical Description:

xxii, 270 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610173624

9780309133548

0309133548

9781280173622

1280173629

9780309548144

0309548144

OCLC:

923274520