Paramananthan Mariappan, Allan Johnston, Matthew Trail, Sami Hamid, Graham Hollins, Barend A Dreyer, Sara Ramsey, Luisa Padovani, Roberta Garau, Julia Guerrero Enriquez, Alasdair Boden, Gianluca Maresca, Helen Simpson, Rami Hasan, Claire Sharpe, Benjamin G Thomas, Altaf H Chaudhry, Rehan S Khan, Jaimin R Bhatt, Imran Ahmad, Ghulam M Nandwani, Konstantinos Dimitropoulos, Lydia Makaroff, Johnstone Shaw, Catriona Graham, David Hendry
BACKGROUND: Noncompliance with evidence-based interventions and guidelines contributes to significant and variable recurrence and progression in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The implementation of a quality performance indicator (QPI) programme in Scotland's National Health Service (NHS) aimed to improve cancer outcomes and reduce nationwide variance. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of hospitals achieving benchmarks for two specific QPIs on time to recurrence and progression in NMIBC...
January 30, 2024: European Urology Oncology