Ethiopian paediatric oncology registry progress report: documentation practice improvements at tertiary care centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| العنوان: | Ethiopian paediatric oncology registry progress report: documentation practice improvements at tertiary care centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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| المؤلفون: | Sheila Weitzman, Julie Broas, Kaitlyn M Buhlinger, Daniel Hailu, Abdulkadir M Said Gidey, Wondwessen Bekele, Mohammed Mustefa, Vanessa Miller, Stephen M Clark, Thomas B. Alexander, David N. Korones, Tadele Hailu, Haileyesus Adam, Benyam Muluneh, Megan C. Roberts, Michael Chargualaf, Atalay Mulu Fentie, Mulugeta Ayalew Yimer, Scott Levy, Ali Mamude Dinkiye, Diriba Fufa, Aziza T. Shad |
| المصدر: | Arch Dis Child |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Documentation, Medical Oncology, Pediatrics, Tertiary care, Article, Unmet needs, Tertiary Care Centers, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Paediatric cancer, Neoplasms, 030225 pediatrics, Humans, Medicine, Patient treatment, Registries, Child, business.industry, Paediatric oncology, Medical record, Quality Improvement, Family medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Ethiopia, business, Delivery of Health Care, Qualitative research |
| الوصف: | Limited data are available regarding cancer in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), distorting the true burden of paediatric cancer.1 A sobering statistic based on available data shows that more than 80% of children diagnosed with cancer in high-income countries survive, while fewer than 25% of children in LMICs survive.2 While access to paediatric oncological care in Ethiopia is improving, the establishment of a national paediatric cancer registry remains an unmet need. Building on our previous work, we sought to standardise patient treatment documentation within the paediatric haematology and oncology department at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to begin formal paediatric cancer registration at TASH.3 We interviewed medical record users and observed that there was a lack of consistency in treatment documentation as well as variability in the collection of data relating to cancer diagnoses. We attempted to address these gaps in documentation through the creation of two separate sets of data … |
| تدمد: | 1468-2044 0003-9888 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3b54e7b888bccbefd3a6a90c2c5a763c https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322485 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....3b54e7b888bccbefd3a6a90c2c5a763c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14682044 00039888 |
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