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Effectiveness of the certification of cancer centers in Germany

The Impact of the Implementation of a national Cancer Center Certification Program by the German Cancer Society on Patient Provider choice in Surgical Oncology

Project description

Germany's ambitious cancer certification program was launched in 2003, but there is no evidence on whether such a program has stimulated competition and patient choice in the direction of medical quality. While this is a complex issue to study, we recognize that the choice of where to undergo high-risk cancer surgery has a high potential to determine patient decision-making and can be reliably monitored. Therefore, we aim to analyze whether and how a national cancer quality improvement program can influence patient-provider choice in oncologic surgery.

The Chair of Health Economics, Policy and Management supports the project leading organizations (University hospital Heidelberg & University hospital Frankfurt) with the formal analysis and the econometric model.

 

Project team

 Dr. David EhligProf. Dr. Alexander GeisslerDr. Justus Vogel

 

Cooperation partner

University hospital Heidelberg, University hospital Frankfurt

 

Funding source

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Duration

since October 2024

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