Quality assurance in breast cancer care and breast implant surgery

Spronk, P.E.R. (2019)

Doctoral Thesis

This thesis is about clinical quality audits, used to measure and improve the quality of health care; focusing on the quality of breast cancer care (see: the NBCA) and on the quality of breast implant surgery (see: the DBIR) in the Netherlands.

• Clinical quality audits
• Breast cancer
• Breast implant surgery

• All authors: Spronk, P.E.R.
• Supervisor: Tollenaar, R.A.E.M.
• Co-supervisor: Smorenburg, C.H.; Vrancken-Peeters, M.T.F.D.
• Committee: Wall, E. van der; Hoeven, J.J.M. van der; Liefers, G.J.; Rakhorst, H.A.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden University of Medical Center [LUMC], Leiden University
• Date: 2019-04-18
• ISBN (print): 9789463612081
• Sponsorship: Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing (DICA), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Plastische Chirurgie (NVPC), BlooMedICAL Benelux NV, ERBE Nederland BV, GS1 Nederland BV, Allergan BV, Aleamed BV, Chipsoft BV