Can we assess Cancer Waiting Time targets with cancer survival? A population-based study of individually linked data from the National Cancer Waiting Times monitoring dataset in England, 2009-2013

Cancer Waiting Time targets have been integrated into successive cancer strategies as indicators of cancer care quality in England. These targets are reported in national statistics for all cancers combined, but there is mixed evidence of their benefits and it is unclear if meeting Cancer Waiting Ti...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 13; no. 8; p. e0201288
Main Authors:	Di Girolamo, Chiara, Walters, Sarah, Gildea, Carolynn, Benitez Majano, Sara, Rachet, Bernard, Morris, Melanie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 22.08.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Cancer Cancer treatment Colorectal cancer Colorectal carcinoma Consultation Databases, Factual Datasets Deprivation Disease-Free Survival England England - epidemiology Epidemiology Ethics Female Head & neck cancer Humans Hygiene Lung cancer Male Medical care Medical diagnosis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Monitoring Mortality Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - therapy Outcome and process assessment (Medical care) Ovarian cancer Patients People and places Population Population studies Population-based studies Primary care Quality management Quality of Health Care Registration Survival Survival analysis Survival Rate Time Factors Tumors England United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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