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General description

Since its creation in 2009 by the Association of Surgeons of the Netherlands (ASN), the national Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit (DSCA) focuses on tracking, assessing, and enhancing the care of patients with colorectal cancer. The DSCA is widely utilized as a model for the launch of other audits managed by the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing (DICA).

DSCA benefit and categories

Benefits:

  • Weekly updated online feedback to participants
  • Web-based registration by medical specialists
  • Annual external data verification with other data sources
  • Improvement of projects
  • Leading role played by the professional association in integrating the audit into the national quality assurance policy.

Categories:

  • Patient data
  • Hospital data
  • Outcomes data

Related publications

Data access

Data access will require a grant: