Abstract
Simple SummaryThis study intended to identify the current state of national cancer management and prevention policies and provide a useful framework for policy establishment. The development of population-based cancer indicators project was conducted as part of a Nationwide Population-based Cancer Registration Project and aimed to applying quality of health care system approaches to the cancer care in population-based monitoring system. The literature review and grey literature review were conducted prior to Delphi method. Our findings confirm 26 cancer indicators and classify them into “Primary prevention,” “Secondary prevention,” “Treatment,” “Quality of care,” “Survivor management,” and “End-of-life care.” The Donabedian model used for health services and the Institute of Medicine quality of healthcare domains of six dimensions were applied to the measurement system. The developed cancer indicators and measurements will be able to provide useful information for prioritizing the operational tasks that can be used by health authorities and policymakers from the other countries. To identify population-based cancer indicators and construct monitoring systems for the entire lifecycle of cancer patients using a modified Delphi method. A modified Delphi method was used to identify the cancer indicators and measurement by scoping review and gray literature. The final list of cancer indicators was developed by consensus of 11 multidisciplinary experts over multiple rounds and rating scored the importance of each indicator on a 10-point scale. Frequency analysis was performed to rate with median scores ≥7 and finalized the list of indicators according to the priority. Initially, 254 indicators were identified, of which 94 were considered important and feasible. After two rounds of rating by the experts and panel discussions, 26 indicators were finalized in six domains: primary prevention (n = 7), secondary prevention (n = 11), treatment (n = 2), quality of life (n = 4), survivor management (n = 1), and end-of-life care (n = 1). The Donabedian model used for examining health services and the Institute of Medicine quality of healthcare domains were applied to the measurement system. Panel experts identified cancer indicators based on priorities with a high level of consensus, providing a scrupulous foundation for community-based monitoring of cancer patients.
Highlights
The global cancer burden has risen to 18.1 million cases, and 9.6 million cancer deaths occurred in 2018 [1]
The search of gray literature revealed more than 600 indicators based on the different types of cancer, diagnosis, treatment, quality of care, survivor management, and end-oflife care
The search of gray literature revealed more than 600 indicators based on the different types of cancer, diagnosis, treatment, quality of care, survivor management, and end-of-life care
Summary
The global cancer burden has risen to 18.1 million cases, and 9.6 million cancer deaths occurred in 2018 [1]. Cancer incidence and mortality are rapidly increasing worldwide. During 2012–2016, people diagnosed with cancer were 69% as likely to survive for at least 5 years after being diagnosed as was the overall population [2]. In Korea, one in four deaths per year is attributable to cancer, and more than 200,000 new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2014 [3]. The mid-year population and cancer mortality data from 1983 to 2016 were obtained from Statistics Korea [4]. The number of cancer incidences and deaths are expected to increase with the increase in aging population and adoption of a westernized lifestyle [5]
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