The Victorian Lung Cancer Registry Pilot: Improving the Quality of Lung Cancer Care Through the Use of a Disease Quality Registry

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[2] O’Connell DL(2004)Comparison of patterns of care in lung cancer in three area health services in New South Wales, Australia Intern Med J 34 677-683

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[4] Smith DP(2004)The influence of socio-economic and locational disadvantage on survival after a diagnosis of lung or breast cancer in Western Australia J Health Serv Res Policy 9 10-16

[5] Dickman PW(2008)Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in indigenous peoples in Australia Lancet Oncol 9 585-595

[6] Armstrong BK(2006)Cancer diagnosis and treatment in the northern territory: assessing health service performance for indigenous Australians Intern Med J 36 498-505

[7] Vinod SK(2009)Measuring the quality of hospital care: an inventory of indicators Intern Med J 39 352-360

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[1] Yu XQ(2004)Estimating regional variation in cancer survival: a tool for improving cancer care Cancer Causes Control 15 611-618

[2] O’Connell DL(2004)Comparison of patterns of care in lung cancer in three area health services in New South Wales, Australia Intern Med J 34 677-683

[3] Gibberd RW(2008)Assessing the impact of socio-economic status on cancer survival in New South Wales, Australia 1996–2001 Cancer Causes Control 19 1383-1390

[4] Smith DP(2004)The influence of socio-economic and locational disadvantage on survival after a diagnosis of lung or breast cancer in Western Australia J Health Serv Res Policy 9 10-16

[5] Dickman PW(2008)Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in indigenous peoples in Australia Lancet Oncol 9 585-595

[6] Armstrong BK(2006)Cancer diagnosis and treatment in the northern territory: assessing health service performance for indigenous Australians Intern Med J 36 498-505

[7] Vinod SK(2009)Measuring the quality of hospital care: an inventory of indicators Intern Med J 39 352-360

[8] Hui AC(2010)Clinical-quality registries: their role in quality improvement Med J Aust 192 244-245

[9] Esmaili N(2011)Development of clinical-quality registries in Australia: the way forward Med J Aust 194 360-363

[10] Hensley MJ(2000)Chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2 CD002139-1050