Table 4.

Reasons for non‐adherence to care specified in the quality indicators (QI)

Type of QI	Pre‐treatment testing		Surgery or medication		Adjuvant chemotherapy			Adjuvant radiotherapy				Supportive care
Quality Indicator (QI)	QI 6	QI 8	QI 3	QI 10	QI 1	QI 2	QI 4	QI 5	QI 7	QI 9	QI 11	QI 12	QI 13
Cancer types	Breast	Liver	Lung	Prostate	Stomach	Colorectal	Lung	Breast	Breast	Prostate	Cervical	All	All
Number of patients	N = 451	N = 22	N = 197	N = 41	N = 120	N = 412	N = 135	N = 340	N = 96	N = 73	N = 19	N = 260	N = 86
QI score (%)	83	91	85	81	63	45	49	74	27	20	37	68	65
Sufficient reasons (%)
Comorbidities	0.4	—	33.5	2.4	14.2	14.1	20.7	3.2	6.3	1.4	10.5	1.2	2.3
Frailty and cognitive decline from ageing	—	—	12.2	7.3	20.8	11.4	15.6	0.6	8.3	1.4	5.3	—	—
Patient preference	0.4	—	25.4	9.8	17.5	19.2	24.4	14.7	14.6	16.4	5.3	0	2.3
Referral	7.3	9.1	4.6	9.8	14.2	8.5	13.3	37.9	11.5	9.6	5.3	—	—
Out‐of‐hospital prescription before October 2012	—	—	—	9.8	19.2	13.8	1.5	—	—	—	0	1.5	7
Delayed treatment to treat concurrent cancer	—	—	2.5	2.4	2.5	3.2	5.2	2.1	0	0	0	—	—
Complications from previous treatment	—	—	—	—	4.2	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Death	0	—	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—
Errors in data (patients received care)	90.7	45.5	9.1	2.4	1.7	2.7	4.4	6.2	6.3	1.4	5.3	15.8	0
Insufficient reasons (%)
Received other treatments	0.2	—	9.1	22	0	11.2	3.7	1.2	9.4	1.4	21.1	46.9	—
Treatment delayed for no reason	—	—	—	—	0.8	8.3	0	10	9.4	8.2	15.8	0	14
Unknown	0.9	45.5	3	34.1	5	6.1	11.1	24.1	33.3	60.3	31.6	34.6	74.4