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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
- The Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit
- Level of Digitization in Dutch Hospitals and the Lengths of Stay of Patients with Colorectal Cancer
- Reduced 30-Day Mortality After Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Population Based Study From the Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit (DSCA)
Data access
Data access will require a grant: