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Table 1 Tested QIs

From: Development and feasibility of a set of quality indicators relative to the timeliness and organisation of care for new breast cancer patients undergoing surgery

QI 1

Waiting time to first appointment with surgeon: Median time to obtain first appointment with surgeon [1]

QI 2

Time to surgery: Proportion of patients undergoing surgery within 21 days of the first appointment with surgeon [1]

QI 3

Time to postoperative MDTM: Proportion of patients whose records were discussed in a MDTM held within 14 days of surgery [1]

QI 4

Waiting time to appointment after surgery: Proportion of patients given appointment relative to MDTM proposals within 14 days of MDTM [1]

QI 5

Time to first postoperative treatment: Proportion of patients whose first postoperative treatment was initiated within 30 days of urgery in the event of chemotherapy and within 56 days in the event of radiotherapy [9]

QI 6

Patient information: Proportion of patients receiving full information before surgery as detailed in article 40 of the French national Cancer Plan [15]

QI 7

Traceability of information relating to prognosis: Proportion of patients whose medical records provide all the diagnostic and prognostic informationa needed to initiate treatment [9, 10, 12]

QI 8

Conformity of postoperative MDTM: Proportion of patients for whom the postoperative MDTM was held according to the rules laid down in the French Health Ministry circular [1, 13, 16, 23]

  1. a Family history of cancer, age, tumour size, histological type, age, surgical margins, number of analysed and invaded lymph nodes, histological grading, steroid hormone status and measurement, immunohistochemical expression of cERBb2 (HER2).