Continued inadequacies in data sources for the evaluation of cancer services.
There is a need to evaluate cancer services and provide a baseline on current treatment success and organization. This study shows that this process may be severely hindered by case note destruction or inaccessibility and incomplete information. This is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed now.
Smith
S J
SJ
Trent Institute for Health Services Research, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, UK.
Muir
K R
KR
Wolstenholme
J L
JL
Thornhill
K G
KG
Zamorski
A
A
Tolley
K
K
Logan
R F
RF
Chilvers
C E
CE
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards*; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012042:Registries; D016019:Survival Analysis