Table 1 Descriptions of the Skin Cancer Unit (SCU) measures
Measure | Area | Description and formula |
|---|---|---|
F_1 SCU | Clinical outcome | General mortality |
\(\text{F}_{1}=\frac{\text{number of deaths with in one year of diagnosis}}{\text{number of patients}}\) | ||
F_2 SCU | Clinical outcome | Mortality after surgical treatment |
\(\text{F}_{2}=\frac{\text{number of deaths with in 30 days after surgery}}{\text{number of patients after surgery}}\) | ||
F_3 SCU | Clinical outcome | Mortality after chemotherapy |
\(\text{F}_{3}=\frac{\text{number of deaths with in 30 days after last cycle of chemotherapy}}{\text{number of patients receiving chemotherapy}}\) | ||
F_4 SCU | Clinical outcome | Mortality after radiotherapy |
\(\text{F}_{4}=\frac{\text{number of deaths with in 30 days after last cycle of radiotherapy}}{\text{number of patients receiving radiotherapy}}\) | ||
F_5.1 SCU | Clinical outcome | Occurrence of major complications after surgical treatment |
\(\text{F}_{5.1}=\frac{\text{number of patients requiring hospitalization within 30 days after surgery}}{\text{number of patients after surgery}}\) | ||
F_5.2 SCU | Clinical outcome | Occurrence of minor complications after surgical treatment |
\(\text{F}_{5.2}=\frac{\text{number of patients requiring additional medical advice with in 30 days after surgery}}{\text{number of patients after surgery}}\) | ||
F_6 SCU | Clinical outcome | Occurrence of complications after radiotherapy |
\(\text{F}_{6}=\frac{\text{number of patients requiring hospitalization with in 30 days after radiotherapy}}{\text{number of patients receiving radiotherapy}}\) | ||
F_7 SCU | Diagnosis | Distribution of stage III and IV melanoma patients |
\(\text{F}_{7}=\frac{\text{number of patients with stage III/IV melanoma}}{\text{number of patients}}\) | ||
F_8.1 SCU | Diagnostics | Completeness of initial diagnostics |
\(\text{F}_{8.1}=\frac{\text{number of complete initial diagnostic tests}}{\text{number of initial diagnostic tests}}\) | ||
F_8.2 SCU | Diagnostics | Completeness of in-depth diagnostics |
\({F}_{8.2}=\frac{numberofcompletein-depthdiagnostictests}{numberofin-depthdiagnostictests}\) | ||
F_9 SCU | Diagnostics | Waiting time for diagnostic results |
\(\text{F}_9=\begin{array}{l}\text{median time between the date of patients' registration for a diagnostic examination }\\\text{and obtaining the results}\end{array}\) | ||
F_10 SCU | Treatment | Rate of involved nodes after lymphadenectomy |
\(\text{F}_{10}=\frac{\text{number of metastatic lymphnodes removed during lymphadenectomy}}{\text{number of lymphnodes removed during lymphadenectomy}}\) | ||
F_11 SCU | Diagnosis and screening | Staging according to the Breslow scale for thickness of the infiltration |
\(\text{F}_{11}=\frac{\text{number of patients with <0.8mm/0.8-1.0mm/1.0-2.0mm/2.0-4.0mm >4.0mm primary tumor}}{\text{number of patients}}\) |