Quality of integrated care for patients with head and neck cancer: Development and measurement of clinical indicators.

Background: To improve the quality of integrated care, we developed indicators for assessing current practice in a large reference center for head and neck oncology.

Methods: We defined a set of indicators based on integrated care literature, national evidence-based guidelines for patients with head and neck cancer, and the opinions of professionals and patients. We tested this set regarding assessment of current practice and clinimetric characteristics.