Model of quality care indicators for patients with colorectal, lung, and breast cancer.
241 Background: The care of an oncology patient is a complex process with important clinical, social and financial repercussions. The purpose of this work is to develop quality care indicators for the medical care of patients with cancer. It is fundamental that health organisations adopt such models based on quality standards with the intention to promote excellence in the care of cancer patients. Methods: Research for scientific evidence, revision and selection of standards using the Delphi method was employed and definition of indicators was established. Results: 50 quality indicators were created directed to: Organisation: Multidisciplinary committees; informed consent; patient security; elapsed time between diagnosis and treatment; tumour registry; treatment protocols. Colorectal cancer: Histopathology report and markers; chemotherapy for advanced/metastatic cancer; evaluation of staging of colorectal cancer; liver metastases; adjuvant chemotherapy; evaluation of history family; biological therapy and RAS gene mutation; radiotherapy; quality of surgical notes. Breast cancer: Histopathology report and markers; initial staging; hormonotherapy; other treatments; elapsed time between histological diagnosis and treatment and between surgery and adjuvant treatment; pre-operative assessment and conservative surgery focused on the armpit; access availability to initial radiological studies.Lung cancer: Histopathology report and markers; initial staging; elapsed time between histological diagnosis and treatment; concomitant chemoradiotherapy; evaluation of chemotherapy response; adjuvant chemotherapy; elapsed time till the completion of staging; surgery; chemotherapy with good functional status; adjuvant radiotherapy; concomitant chemoradiotherapy for small cell lung cancer. End of life: Organisation of palliative care; outpatient attention; identify patients; access to care; pain management; information availability; psycosociological support; constipation management; counselling of family after death. Conclusions: The indicators constitute a reference model based on standards in order to measure care quality and to compare achieved results among health institutions.