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Adizie, Jana Bhavani, Khakwani, Aamir, Beckett, Paul, Hubbard, Richard, Navani, Neal, Harden, Susan V and Woolhouse, Ian (2019) Impact of organisation and specialist service delivery on lung cancer outcomes. Thorax. ISSN 1468-3296. This article is available to all UHB staff and students via ASK Discovery Tool http://tinyurl.com/z795c8c by using their UHB Athens login IDs.
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INTRODUCTION
Data from the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) often show variation in outcomes between lung cancer units which are not entirely explained by case mix. We explore the association between the organisation of services and patient outcome.
METHODS
Details of service provision were collected via an electronic survey in June 2017. An overall organisational score derived from eleven key service factors from national lung cancer commissioning guidance was calculated for each organisation. The results for each hospital were linked to their patient outcome results from the 2015 NLCA cases. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to link the organisational score to patient outcomes.
RESULTS
Lung cancer unit organisational audit scores varied from 0 to 11. Thirty-eight (29%) units had a score of 0-4, 64 (50%) had a score of 5-7 and 27 (21%) had a score of 8-11. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that, compared with an organisational score of 0-4, patients seen at units with a score of 8-11 had higher 1-year survival (adjusted OR (95% CI)=2.30 (1.04 to 5.08), p<0.001), higher curative-intent treatment rate (adjusted OR (95% CI)=1.62 (1.26 to 2.09), p<0.001) and greater likelihood of receiving treatment within 62 days (adjusted OR (95% CI)=1.49 (1.20 to 1.86), p<0.001).
CONCLUSION
National variation in the provision of services and workforce remain. We provide evidence that adherence to the national lung commissioning guidance has the potential to improve patient outcomes within the current service structure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article is available to all UHB staff and students via ASK Discovery Tool http://tinyurl.com/z795c8c by using their UHB Athens login IDs. |
| Subjects: | WF Respiratory system. Respiratory medicine |
| Divisions: | Planned IP Care > Respiratory Medicine |
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| Depositing User: | Jennifer Manders |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2019 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2019 08:40 |
| URI: | http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/1831 |
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