Triage quality control is missing tools-a new observation technique for ED quality improvement.

Objective: Correct assessment of patient urgency is critical to ensuring patient safety in emergency departments (EDs). Although significant time and effort have been devoted to developing triage systems, less attention has been paid to the development of quality control. The aim of this study is to introduce and test observation technique, which enables identifying of patient groups at risk of erroneous assessment in triage.

The effect of hospital operative volume, residual tumor and first-line chemotherapy on survival of ovarian cancer - a prospective nation-wide study in Finland.

Objective: Our recent prospective, nation-wide study indicated better surgical outcome in ovarian cancer patients operated at university hospitals compared to other hospitals. Here we report how this is reflected in 5-year cancer-specific survival (CSS).

Methods: Detailed 5-year follow-up data were obtained on 275 patients by using a special questionnaire, and the data were verified from the Finnish Cancer Registry data.

Surgical staging, treatment, and follow-up of borderline tumors in different hospital categories: a prospective nationwide survey in Finland.

Background: Surgical treatment and staging of ovarian borderline tumors have been reported to be often suboptimal and differ considerably. We evaluated the extent of surgical treatment of these tumors in different hospital categories.

Material And Methods: A prospective survey performed in 1999 included 65 patients operated on for borderline ovarian tumors and covered 78% of such patients reported to the Finnish Cancer Registry.

Surgical treatment of ovarian cancer in different hospital categories--a prospective nation-wide study in Finland.

This prospective nation-wide study was performed to evaluate the effect of hospital category and subspeciality training on surgical treatment of ovarian cancer. Data were obtained from a questionnaire filled in by the operating unit, and from the surgical and histopathology reports. The survey included 307 patients.

Evidence of benefit from centralised treatment of ovarian cancer: a nationwide population-based survival analysis in Finland.

To assess the effect of different hospital types or surgical volume on the survival of ovarian cancer patients, a nationwide and population-based analysis was carried out in Finland. The study included all 3,851 ovarian cancer patients operated from 1983-94. The patients were classified according to the hospital of the first surgery.