American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Oncology Metrics, a division of Altos Solutions, Los Altos, CA; Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Southcoast Hospital Group, Fall River, MA; Providence Oncology and Hematology Care Clinic, Portland, OR.
J Oncol Pract. 2014 Mar;10(2):143-8. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2013.001357.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) National Oncology Census (Census) provides a mechanism for ASCO to systematically gather and analyze information about current practice structures and potential changes at a time when practices are working to adapt to increasing administrative and financial pressures. The Census is conducted annually and reports on new and trending data.
The 2013 Census was launched on May 30, 2013, as a national survey of oncology practices. The survey required practices to answer 11 questions and provided additional optional questions.
The Census collected 530 useable responses in 2013 compared with 632 respondents in 2012. Practices reporting in 2013, however, represented a total of 8,011 physicians compared with only 5,018 in 2012.
The pace of policy change in oncology practice is changing the landscape of how practices are organized. A greater number of practices with more than seven physicians responded in 2013, which could indicate overall growth in the size of oncology practice. Practices reported increased affiliations with hospitals through a variety of contractual mechanisms. In subsequent census efforts, ASCO will have the capability to match 2013 respondents to future respondents, allowing for increased precision in comparison of longitudinal data.
美国临床肿瘤学会（ASCO）国家肿瘤普查（Census）为 ASCO 提供了一种机制，使其能够在实践努力适应日益增加的行政和财务压力时，系统地收集和分析当前实践结构和潜在变化的信息。Census 每年进行一次，并报告新的和趋势数据。
2013 年 Census 于 2013 年 5 月 30 日作为全国肿瘤实践调查启动。该调查要求实践回答 11 个问题，并提供了其他可选问题。
2013 年 Census 共收集了 530 份有效回复，而 2012 年为 632 份。然而，2013 年报告的实践代表了总共 8011 名医生，而 2012 年仅为 5018 名。
肿瘤实践中政策变化的步伐正在改变实践组织的格局。2013 年，有更多拥有 7 名以上医生的实践做出了回应，这可能表明肿瘤实践的总体规模有所增长。实践报告通过各种合同机制增加了与医院的关联。在随后的 Census 工作中，ASCO 将能够将 2013 年的受访者与未来的受访者进行匹配，从而提高纵向数据比较的准确性。
