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

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

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

 

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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

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2002
Cat. N° H39-617/2002
ISBN 0-662-66515-5