Table 4 Codes in coding tree in relation to the care pathway management
Coding tree | Code | Code description | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Care pathway | Intake | Referral | 1 | Suspicion ‘malignity’ at intake not sufficient | 9 |
Patient related | 2 | Waiting on family home caregiver | 3 | ||
3 | Co-morbid or complex patient | 9 | |||
Diagnostic procedures and logistics | Throughput time | 6 | More attention to cooperation between disciplines to combine patient appointments | 6 | |
13 | Control/logistics control lies with gate specialist or ‘core specialist’ | 6 | |||
8 | Treatment of dental foci under anaesthesia | 2 | |||
Waiting time | 17 | Waiting time Radiology | 3 | ||
18 | Waiting time Nuclear Medicine | 2 | |||
Treatment and planning | Preparation | 4 | For pre-surgery assessment the treatment must be known, that is possible when staging of tumour is ready | 3 | |
Choice | 14 | Choice for treatment on basis of general health assessment | 1 | ||
12 | Scientific Research increases number of hospital visits | 2 | |||
Planning | 5 | Planning reconstruction costs extra time | 5 | ||
7 | Planning capacity operation centre versus ‘examination under anaesthesia’- scopy | 5 | |||
11 | Reconciliation of patient on chemo-radiotherapy | 8 | |||
Standardizing | 16 | Unclear starting moment waiting time chemo-radiotherapy, separate standard ‘Nederlandse Vereniging voor Radiotherapie en Oncologie’ (Dutch Association Radiotherapy and Oncology) | 3 | ||
Case Management Diagnostic procedures and treatment | Transfer | 10 | Transfer of ‘core specialism’ | 1 | |
Information | 9 | No management information on throughput times in electronic patient dossier | 3 | ||
15 | No standard patient tracking system | 4 | |||
Registration | 19 | Registration information not clear | 1 | ||
Total quotations 37 | 76 | ||||