Development Of Childhood Cancer Supportive Care Indicators : Evaluation Of Febrile Neutropenia Care In The North Of The Netherlands

INTRODUCTIONFebrile neutropenia (FN) is a severe and potentially life-threatening side effect of chemotherapy. Measuring care provided to children with cancer suffering from FN, would be very valuable in identifying ways to improve care. This measurement can be done with indicators.OBJECTIVESWe aimed to 1) develop three types of indicators (structure, process, outcome) derived from existing evidence-based FN guidelines, and 2) do a pilot implementation of the developed indicators.METHODSFor a detailed flow diagram of the developmental process, see figure 1. The developed indicators were tested... Mehr ...