Report from the Evaluation Indicators Working Group: Guidelines for Monitoring Breast Screening Program Performance

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Acknowledgements

Background

• Introduction
• Purpose of Performance Measures
• Canada's Unique Population Health Context
• Organized Screening in Canada
• History of the Evaluation Indicators Working Group
• Performance Measure Development
• Application
• Data Sources and Collection
• Context of Performance Measures

Program Performance Measures

• Participation Rate
• Retention Rate
• Abnormal Call Rate (%)
• Invasive Cancer Detection Rate
• In Situ Cancer Detection Rate
• Diagnostic Interval
• Positive Predictive Value
• Benign to Malignant Open Biopsy Ratio
• Invasive Cancer Tumour Size
• Positive Lymph Nodes in Cases of Invasive Cancer
• Post-screen Detected Invasive Cancer Rate

Future Directions

References

Appendices

• Appendix A Conceptual Framework
• Appendix B Evaluation Indicators Working Group Members
• Appendix C Glossary

 

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Ce document est aussi offert en français sous le titre : Rapport du Groupe de travail sur les indicateurs d'évaluation : Lignes directrices pour la surveillance de la performance des programmes de dépistage du cancer du sein

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Cat. N° H39-617/2002
ISBN 0-662-66515-5