ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey

Background and purpose: In planning to meet evidence based needs for radiotherapy, guidelines for the provision of capital and human resources are central if access, quality and safety are not to be compromised. A component of the ESTRO-HERO (Health Economics in Radiation Oncology) project is to doc...

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Authors: Dunscombe, Peter, Grau, Cai, Defourny, Noémie, Malicki, Julian, Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria, Coffey, Mary, Bogusz, Marta, Gasparotto, Chiara, Slotman, Ben, Lievens, Yolande
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Publication Date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
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Keyword:Gestió hospitalària
Gestió de personal
Radioteràpia
Europa
Enquestes
Radiologia
Equipaments sanitaris
Qüestionaris
Hospital administration
Personnel management
Radiotherapy
Europe
Surveys
Health facilities
Radiology
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spelling ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO surveyDunscombe, PeterGrau, CaiDefourny, NoémieMalicki, JulianBorràs Andrés, Josep MariaCoffey, MaryBogusz, MartaGasparotto, ChiaraSlotman, BenLievens, YolandeGestió hospitalàriaGestió de personalRadioteràpiaEuropaEnquestesRadiologiaEquipaments sanitarisQüestionarisHospital administrationPersonnel managementRadiotherapyEuropeSurveysHealth facilitiesRadiologyBackground and purpose: In planning to meet evidence based needs for radiotherapy, guidelines for the provision of capital and human resources are central if access, quality and safety are not to be compromised. A component of the ESTRO-HERO (Health Economics in Radiation Oncology) project is to document the current availability and content of guidelines for radiotherapy in Europe. Materials and methods: An 84 part questionnaire was distributed to the European countries through their national scientific and professional radiotherapy societies with 30 items relating to the availability of guidelines for equipment and staffing and selected operational issues. Twenty-nine countries provided full or partial evaluable responses. Results: The availability of guidelines across Europe is far from uniform. The metrics used for capital and human resources are variable. There seem to have been no major changes in the availability or specifics of guidelines over the ten-year period since the QUARTS study with the exception of the recent expansion of RTT staffing models. Where comparison is possible it appears that staffing for radiation oncologists, medical physicists and particularly RTTs tend to exceed guidelines suggesting developments in clinical radiotherapy are moving faster than guideline updating. Conclusion: The efficient provision of safe, high quality radiotherapy services would benefit from the availability of well-structured guidelines for capital and human resources, based on agreed upon metrics, which could be linked to detailed estimates of needElsevier B. V.2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/62748Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.032Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2014, vol. 112, num. 2, p. 165-177http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.032cc by-nc-nd (c) Dunscombe et al., 2014http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/627482026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
title ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
spellingShingle ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
Dunscombe, Peter
Gestió hospitalària
Gestió de personal
Radioteràpia
Europa
Enquestes
Radiologia
Equipaments sanitaris
Qüestionaris
Hospital administration
Personnel management
Radiotherapy
Europe
Surveys
Health facilities
Radiology
title_short ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
title_full ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
title_fullStr ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
title_full_unstemmed ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
title_sort ESTRO-HERO survey: Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dunscombe, Peter
Grau, Cai
Defourny, Noémie
Malicki, Julian
Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria
Coffey, Mary
Bogusz, Marta
Gasparotto, Chiara
Slotman, Ben
Lievens, Yolande
author Dunscombe, Peter
author_facet Dunscombe, Peter
Grau, Cai
Defourny, Noémie
Malicki, Julian
Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria
Coffey, Mary
Bogusz, Marta
Gasparotto, Chiara
Slotman, Ben
Lievens, Yolande
author_role author
author2 Grau, Cai
Defourny, Noémie
Malicki, Julian
Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria
Coffey, Mary
Bogusz, Marta
Gasparotto, Chiara
Slotman, Ben
Lievens, Yolande
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gestió hospitalària
Gestió de personal
Radioteràpia
Europa
Enquestes
Radiologia
Equipaments sanitaris
Qüestionaris
Hospital administration
Personnel management
Radiotherapy
Europe
Surveys
Health facilities
Radiology
topic Gestió hospitalària
Gestió de personal
Radioteràpia
Europa
Enquestes
Radiologia
Equipaments sanitaris
Qüestionaris
Hospital administration
Personnel management
Radiotherapy
Europe
Surveys
Health facilities
Radiology
description Background and purpose: In planning to meet evidence based needs for radiotherapy, guidelines for the provision of capital and human resources are central if access, quality and safety are not to be compromised. A component of the ESTRO-HERO (Health Economics in Radiation Oncology) project is to document the current availability and content of guidelines for radiotherapy in Europe. Materials and methods: An 84 part questionnaire was distributed to the European countries through their national scientific and professional radiotherapy societies with 30 items relating to the availability of guidelines for equipment and staffing and selected operational issues. Twenty-nine countries provided full or partial evaluable responses. Results: The availability of guidelines across Europe is far from uniform. The metrics used for capital and human resources are variable. There seem to have been no major changes in the availability or specifics of guidelines over the ten-year period since the QUARTS study with the exception of the recent expansion of RTT staffing models. Where comparison is possible it appears that staffing for radiation oncologists, medical physicists and particularly RTTs tend to exceed guidelines suggesting developments in clinical radiotherapy are moving faster than guideline updating. Conclusion: The efficient provision of safe, high quality radiotherapy services would benefit from the availability of well-structured guidelines for capital and human resources, based on agreed upon metrics, which could be linked to detailed estimates of need
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.032
Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2014, vol. 112, num. 2, p. 165-177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.032
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