Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer
Background: The objective of this survey was to collect information from the countries involved in the European Commission initiative on breast cancer (the 28 Member States, plus Iceland and Norway) regarding the organisation of breast cancer services and other aspects of interest for the initiative...
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ftjrc:oai:publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu:JRC89731 2023-05-15T16:49:46+02:00 Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer LERDA Donata DEANDREA Silvia FREEMAN Crystal LOPEZ ALCALDE Jesus NEAMTIU Luciana NICHOLL Ciaran NICHOLSON Nicholas ULUTURK Asli VILLANUEVA FERRAGUD Silvia 2014 Online https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC89731 https://doi.org/10.2788/51070 ENG eng Publications Office of the European Union JRC89731 2014 ftjrc https://doi.org/10.2788/51070 2022-05-01T08:18:19Z Background: The objective of this survey was to collect information from the countries involved in the European Commission initiative on breast cancer (the 28 Member States, plus Iceland and Norway) regarding the organisation of breast cancer services and other aspects of interest for the initiative (e.g. screening programmes, training requirements for professionals, quality and safety aspects, quality assurance schemes, etc.).Methods: The survey included a questionnaire and a data protection form distributed by e-mail, the participants were nominated upon request of Directorate General for Health and Consumers via respective health attaches.Results: Twenty-five out of 30 contacted countries responded, corresponding to a response rate of 83%.Conclusions: Healthcare systems are diverse across Europe; different quality assurance schemes for breast cancer care are in place for less than 50% of the countries. A European-wide, harmonised, evidence-based and flexible scheme is needed to grant equal and quality benchmarked treatment to patients. JRC.I.2 - Public Health Policy Support Other/Unknown Material Iceland Joint Research Centre, European Commission: JRC Publications Repository Norway |
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Background: The objective of this survey was to collect information from the countries involved in the European Commission initiative on breast cancer (the 28 Member States, plus Iceland and Norway) regarding the organisation of breast cancer services and other aspects of interest for the initiative (e.g. screening programmes, training requirements for professionals, quality and safety aspects, quality assurance schemes, etc.).Methods: The survey included a questionnaire and a data protection form distributed by e-mail, the participants were nominated upon request of Directorate General for Health and Consumers via respective health attaches.Results: Twenty-five out of 30 contacted countries responded, corresponding to a response rate of 83%.Conclusions: Healthcare systems are diverse across Europe; different quality assurance schemes for breast cancer care are in place for less than 50% of the countries. A European-wide, harmonised, evidence-based and flexible scheme is needed to grant equal and quality benchmarked treatment to patients. JRC.I.2 - Public Health Policy Support |
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LERDA Donata DEANDREA Silvia FREEMAN Crystal LOPEZ ALCALDE Jesus NEAMTIU Luciana NICHOLL Ciaran NICHOLSON Nicholas ULUTURK Asli VILLANUEVA FERRAGUD Silvia |
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Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer |
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Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer |
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Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer |
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Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer |
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Report of a European survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - Supporting information for the European Commission initiative on breast cancer |
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report of a european survey on the organisation of breast cancer care services - supporting information for the european commission initiative on breast cancer |
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