TY - JOUR
TI - Czas oczekiwania na postawienie diagnozy i rozpoczęcie leczenia w przypadku złośliwego nowotworu piersi oraz wpływ pomiaru na poprawę standardu realizowanych świadczeń
AU - Andrzejczak, Anna
AU - Żarłok, Ewelina
AU - Osowiecka, Karolina
AU - Kańczuga-Koda, Luiza
AU - Nawrocki, Sergiusz
TI - Czas oczekiwania na postawienie diagnozy i rozpoczęcie leczenia w przypadku złośliwego nowotworu piersi oraz wpływ pomiaru na poprawę standardu realizowanych świadczeń
AB - 
	Waiting Times for Diagnosis and Treatment in Breast Cancer and the Impact of Measurement on the Improvement of the Standard of Services Provided

	Mortality rates for malignant breast cancer are rising in Poland. This is a subject of growing concern and a focus of public debate about cancer care in Poland. The following paper presents a case study—an attempt to measure and analyze waiting times for diagnosis and treatment in breast cancer. The survey was carried out in one of the regional cancer care centers in Poland. The data were collected solely from hospital information systems.

	The overall waiting time (mammography to treatment) was median 35,5 days. Waiting time since diagnosis (results of core needle biopsy to treatment) was median 27,5 days. The analysis has been conducted twice. In between the center implemented several organizational changes. They resulted in shortening of waiting time for mammogram description—from 4 to 1 day (median) also the waiting times for core needle biopsy result has been shortened—from 6 to 4 days (median). However, the overall waiting time has not changed significantly.
VL - 2020
IS - Tom 18, Numer 3
PY - 2021
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 227
EP - 235
DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.20.024.14141
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/artykul/czas-oczekiwania-na-postawienie-diagnozy-i-rozpoczecie-leczenia-w-przypadku-zlosliwego-nowotworu-piersi-oraz-wplyw-pomiaru-na-poprawe-standardu-realizowanych-swiadczen
KW - czas oczekiwania
KW - jakość w opiece zdrowotnej
KW - jakość w onkologii
KW - rak piersi