Table 2.
Process indicators in the period 2002 to 2010 in the clinical pathway “operable breast cancer”
| Indicator | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients in pathway |
140 |
130 |
130 |
108 |
164 |
176 |
146 |
169 |
183 * |
| Total days of hospital stay (d) |
991 |
913 |
980 |
651 |
936 |
872 |
730 |
848 |
745 |
| Average hospital stay/patient (d) |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.5 |
6.0 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.1* |
| Breast conserving surgery (N, %) |
60(43) |
58(45) |
58(45) |
56(52) |
86(53) |
104(59) |
82(56) |
96(57) |
106(58)* |
| Preoperative guide wire (N, %) |
20(14) |
26(20) |
27(21) |
23(21) |
36(22) |
28(16) |
28(20) |
35(21) |
50(27)* |
| Sentinel node biopsy (N, %) |
0(0) |
7(5) |
29(22) |
48(44) |
74(45) |
82(46) |
58(39) |
64(38) |
90(49)* |
| Preop staging tests (N, %) |
74(53) |
61(47) |
56(43) |
16(15) |
38(23) |
46(26) |
19(13) |
70(30) |
22(12)* |
| All discharge criteria not Satisfactory (N, %) |
NR |
16(12) |
19(15) |
16(15) |
18(11) |
14(8) |
7(5) |
30(18) |
16(9) |
| Wound not satisfactory at Planned discharge (N, %) | NR | 4(3) | 12(9) | 10(9) | 3(2) | 3(2) | 0(0) | 5(3) | 6(3) |
N: number of patients, d: days; %: percentage; NR: not recorded.
*: P <0.05 comparing 2002 vs. 2010.
Data were collected in the first semester of each year.