title: [Indicator analysis of prostate cancer centers certified by the German Cancer Society 2015].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since the first prostate cancer center was certified by the German Cancer Society (DKG) in 2008, there are currently 94 centers at 95 sites. During certification, data on the implementation of the requirements are collected. These data can be used for benchmarking purposes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes the development and monitoring of indicators and presents a selection of recent results.
  
  
  METHODS
  The descriptive results on 18,288 primary cases from 91 sites with complete data are presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prostate cancer center certification system has reached a plateau both in regard to the absolute number of centers and the total proportion of all primary cases treated in Germany. The implementation of the requirements is at a high level overall, although some centers have difficulties fulfilling selected key figures, e.g., the study quota requirement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The evaluation of current indicators documented good structural and process quality, which correspond for the most part to the target values for the total cohort. In the future, assessing medium and long-term outcome quality will be of greater importance, particularly with regard to patient-reported outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Johanniter Krankenhaus Oberhausen, Steinbrinkstraße 96A, 46145, Oberhausen, Deutschland. Jan.Fichtner@evkln.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fichtner
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wesselmann
authors.affiliation: Urologische Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albers
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Benchmarking; Certification; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of care; Tumordokumentationssystem