Quality of Care for Oncologic Conditions and HIV
A Review of the Literature and Quality Indicators
This report is one of five volumes providing detailed information on the QA Tools, RAND’s comprehensive, clinically based system for assessing quality of care for children and adults. The QA Tools indicators encompass screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in 46 clinical areas and cover a variety of modes of providing care, including history, physical examination, laboratory study, medication, and other interventions and contacts. Development of each indicator was based on the ratings of a panel of experts in the relevant fields and on a focused review of the scientific literature, which is clearly documented for each clinical condition. This volume focuses on indicators for care of oncologic conditions and HIV. Each chapter summarizes the results of the literature review for a particular condition, provides RAND staff’s recommended indicators based on that review, and notes the level of scientific evidence supporting each indicator along with the relevant citations. In addition, this work details the process by which the expert panel evaluated the indicators and the final disposition of each indicator. Clinical conditions covered in this volume are: Breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, HIV, lung cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, cancer pain and palliation. Other RAND Health titles on the QA Tools system focus on indicators for care of children and adolescents, general medical conditions, cardiopulmonary conditions, and women.
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- Year: 2000
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Contents
Preface PDF
Tables
Tables and Figures PDF
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments PDF
Introduction PDF
Chapter 1
Breast Cancer Screening PDF
Chapter 2
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment PDF
Chapter 3
Cervical Cancer Screening PDF
Chapter 4
Colorectal Cancer Screening PDF
Chapter 5
Colorectal Cancer Treatment PDF
Chapter 6
HIV Disease PDF
Chapter 7
Lung Cancer PDF
Chapter 8
Prostate Cancer Screening PDF
Chapter 9
Prostate Cancer Treatment PDF
Chapter 10
Skin Cancer Screening PDF
Chapter 11
Cancer Pain and Palliation PDF
Appendix A
Panel Rating Sheets by Condition PDF
Appendix B
Crosswalk Table of Original and Final Indicators PDF
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