Tamaki Kakuwa, Tomone Watanabe, Mariko Niino, Akira Kawata, Toyomi Satoh, Noriomi Matsumura, Yoshihito Yokoyama, Kei Kawana, Yasuyuki Hirashima, Satoru Kyo, Masanori Yasuda, Kenichi Harano, Hiroko Machida, Hideki Tokunaga, Masanori Kaneuchi, Tsutomu Tabata, Yoichi Kobayashi, Satoru Nagase, Hidetaka Katabuchi, Mikio Mikami, Yoko Yamamoto, Ryoko Rikitake, Yuichi Ichinose, Takahiro Higashi
AIM: Quality of care is important to reduce disease progression, and improve both survival and quality of life. The Japan Society of Gynecologic Oncology has published treatment guidelines to promote standardized high-quality care for ovarian cancer in Japan. We developed quality indicators based on the guideline recommendations and used them on large datasets of health service use to examine the quality of ovarian cancer care. METHODS: A panel of experts developed the indicators using a modified Delphi method...
May 2, 2024: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research