Specialized and high-volume care leads to better outcomes of ovarian cancer treatment in the Netherlands

Gynecologic Oncology
Flora VernooijYolanda van der Graaf

Abstract

We investigated the influence of hospital and gynecologist level of specialization and volume on surgical results and on survival of ovarian cancer patients. Data were collected from 1077 ovarian cancer patients treated from 1996 to 2003 in a random sample of 18 Dutch hospitals. Hospitals and gynecologists were classified according to specialization (general, semi-specialized or specialized) and by volume (<or=6, 7-12, or >12 cases/year). Outcomes were percentage of adequately staged and optimally debulked patients and length of overall survival. Data were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression (surgical results) and Cox regression (survival). The level of specialization and the volume of hospitals and of gynecologists were strongly related to the proportion of adequately staged patients (adjusted odds ratio (OR) specialized hospitals 3.9 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0-7.6); specialized gynecologists 9.5 (95% CI 4.7-19)). Patients with stage III disease had a higher chance of optimal debulking when treated in specialized hospitals (adjusted OR 1.7 (95% CI 1.1-2.7)) or by high volume gynecologists (adjusted OR 2.8 (95% CI 1.4-5.7)). Overall survival was best in patients treated in specialized hospitals and by high-v...Continue Reading

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