RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Testicular cancer: improving outcomes with national quality performance indicators
JF BMJ Open Quality
JO BMJ Open Qual
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP e000726
DO 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000726
VO 9
IS 1
A1 Mark A Baxter
A1 Graham MacDonald
A1 Jahangeer Malik
A1 Alistair Law
A1 Åsa Dahle-Smith
A1 Walter Mmeka
A1 Roland Donat
A1 Cj Shukla
A1 John Connor
A1 Colin Houston
A1 Ashita Waterston
A1 Jeff White
YR 2020
UL http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/9/1/e000726.abstract
AB Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in young adult men. The prognosis is excellent in limited disease and cure is possible even in advanced disease. Quality performance indicators (QPI) are used in many developed countries as a measure of healthcare performance. We report and discuss the development of a national set of QPIs in Scotland for testicular cancer as a method of gathering demographic data and driving improvement in nationwide testicular cancer outcomes.