Practice Variation in Skin Cancer Treatment and Follow-Up Care: A Dutch Claims Database Analysis
Background: Quality indicators are used to benchmark and subsequently improve quality of healthcare. However, defining good quality indicators and applying them to high-volume care such as skin cancer is not always feasible. Objectives: To determine whether claims data could be used to benchmark high-volume skin cancer care and to assess clinical practice variation. Methods: All skin cancer care-related claims in dermatology in 2016 were extracted from a nationwide claims database (Vektis) in the Netherlands. Results: For over 220,000 patients, a skin cancer diagnosis-related group was reimbur... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Dermatology ; volume 237, issue 6, page 1000-1006 ; ISSN 1018-8665 1421-9832 |
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S. Karger AG
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Schlagwörter: | Dermatology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26672970 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000513523 |