Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care: An Approach to Measurement in Georgia - Softcover

National Research Council; Institute Of Medicine; National Cancer Policy Board; Committee On Assessing Improvements In Cancer Care In Georgia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309095697 ISBN 13: 9780309095693

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 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
• 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

About this title

About the Author:

Jill Eden and Joseph V. Simone, Editors, Committee on Assessing Improvements in Cancer Care in Georgia

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0309095697
• ISBN 13: 9780309095693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Simone Joseph V., Eden Jill