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Quality of care in breast cancer centers: Results of benchmarking by the German Cancer Society and German Society for Breast Diseases

Overview of attention for article published in The Breast, December 2014
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Title
Quality of care in breast cancer centers: Results of benchmarking by the German Cancer Society and German Society for Breast Diseases
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The Breast, December 2014
DOI 10.1016/j.breast.2014.11.014
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Christoph Kowalski, Julia Ferencz, Sara Y. Brucker, Rolf Kreienberg, Simone Wesselmann

Abstract

A total of 218 breast cancer centers, with 274 operating sites, have been certified since 2003 in accordance with the criteria set out by the German Cancer Society (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft) and the German Society for Breast Diseases (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Senologie). Most of these centers are located in Germany, but centers in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy have also been certified. This paper presents the results for quality indicators (QIs) from 2009 to 2012, based on data from 195,342 primary breast cancer patients, in order to illustrate the development and progress of these centers. Descriptive results on interdisciplinary collaboration (6 QIs), guideline adherence (15 QIs), and specialist expertise (7 QIs) are reported over time. Fulfillment of the certification requirements was high and remained relatively stable over time, with the extent of variation between sites declining. Sites that do not reach the target values are asked to comment on the discrepancies, and their comments, as well as the QI results, are used by centers and auditors during an on-site auditing process and to constantly revise the QIs set out by the guideline and the certification commission.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 3%
Portugal 1 3%
Unknown 30 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 16%
Other 4 13%
Student > Postgraduate 4 13%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Researcher 3 9%
Other 7 22%
Unknown 6 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 47%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Psychology 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 April 2015.
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#15,739,010
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#913
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#195,472
of 360,986 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Breast
#8
of 17 outputs
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