Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1445, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2011 Apr;13(2):120-5. doi: 10.1007/s11912-010-0146-8.
Improving the quality of health care has become a national priority, as indicated by the establishment of multiple federal initiatives and by the actions of national medical societies and the American Board of Medical Specialties. Health care can be assessed in each of three dimensions: structure, process, and outcomes. Here we review recent efforts to evaluate the quality of care delivered to head and neck cancer patients and to develop methods for improvement and continual assessment, with a particular emphasis on the evaluation of process of care.
提高医疗质量已成为国家优先事项，这体现在多个联邦倡议的建立以及国家医学协会和美国医学专业委员会的行动中。医疗保健可以从三个维度进行评估：结构、过程和结果。在这里，我们回顾了最近评估头颈部癌症患者护理质量并开发改进和持续评估方法的努力，特别强调了对护理过程的评估。
