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Design and development of core measure for colorectal cancer. *members of research team included KPC, SHC, LTC, RT, TWL, MJS and a scholar, ^#twenty expert were invited (research team member excluded), see also the expert panel in Appendix, ¹ including 37 structure indicators, 78 process indicators, and 7 outcome indicators, ² including 9 structure indicators, 37 process indicators, and 4 outcome indicators, ³including 4 pre-treatment indicators, 21 treatment indicators, and 5 monitor indicators, ⁴including 3 pre-treatment indicators, 16 treatment indicators, and 6 monitor indicators, ⁵including 2 pre-treatment indicators, 16 treatment indicators, and 6 monitor indicators, ⁶including 1 pre-treatment indicator, 11 treatment indicators, and 5 monitor indicators, ⁷hospitals and clinical professionals are major stakeholders, ⁸questionnaires were mailed on August 16, 2004, response rate 95% (19/20), ⁹ expert meeting was held in Taipei, September 22, 2004, ¹⁰ questionnaires were mailed on October 26, 2004, response rate 85% (17/20), ¹¹ 1^st symposium was held in Taipei, December 27, 2005, ¹² 2^nd symposium was held in Taipei, March 27, 2006.