| Description |
1 online resource (155 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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OECD health policy studies, 2074-319X |
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OECD health policy studies.
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Cancer care systems: Increasing burdens and existing performance gaps -- Resources for cancer care -- Cancer care practice -- Governance of cancer care systems -- Exploratory quantitative analysis -- Policy recommendations -- List of experts on cancer care systems |
| Summary |
More than five million new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in OECD countries. Mortality rates are declining, but not as fast as for other big killers such as heart disease, and cancer survival rates show almost a four-fold difference across countries. In short, many countries are not doing as well as they could in the fight against cancer. Cancer Care: Assuring Quality to Improve Survival surveys the policy trends in cancer care over recent years and looks at survival rates to identify the why some countries are doing better than others. It sets out what governments should do to reduce the burden of cancer in their countries. As well as an adequate level of resourcing, a comprehensive national cancer control plan appears critical, emphasising initiatives such as early detection and fast-track treatment pathways. Countries also need better data, particularly for patients' experiences of care, in order to provide high quality, continuously improving cancer care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Treatment.
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Medical care -- Quality control.
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Neoplasms.
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Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data.
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Health Care Surveys -- statistics & numerical data.
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Health Policy.
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Quality of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data.
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Survival Rate -- trends.
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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Statistics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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| ISBN |
9264180966 (print) |
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9264181059 (pdf) |
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9789264180963 (print) |
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9789264181052 (pdf) |
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