Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	7171
Country	Taiwan

Received	2013-11-06 14:36
Peer-Review Started	2013-11-06 19:45
To Make the First Decision	2014-02-24 16:52
Return for Revision	2014-03-11 09:05
Revised	2014-03-24 22:48
Second Decision	2014-05-19 11:03
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-05-19 11:22
Articles in Press	2014-05-23 09:57
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Typeset the Manuscript	2014-10-22 17:46
Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-11-17 15:12

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Category	Health Care Sciences & Services
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Can composite performance measures predict survival of patients with colorectal cancer?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Kuo-Piao Chung, Li-Ju Chen, Yao-Jen Chang and Yun-Jau Chang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan DOH98-NH-1004
Corresponding Author	Yun-Jau Chang, MD, PhD, Department of General Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Zhongshan South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei 10002, Taiwan. yunjauchang2003@gmail.com
Key Words	Performance measure; Composite performance score; Colon cancer; Rectal cancer; Patient survival; Analytic hierarchy process; Principal component analysis
Core Tip	Performance measures allow healthcare stakeholders to evaluate the quality of services provided and maintained by healthcare organizations. However, it is unknown whether the implementation of performance measurements may also improve patient outcome. This study aimed to investigate the association between composite performance scores calculated with five different algorithms and survival of surgical patients with non-stage Ⅳ colorectal cancer. Models with weighted schemes showed that higher performance scores correlated with increased five-year survivals. However, the most stringent criterion-based strategy, the all-or-none method, failed to show any association.
Publish Date	2014-11-17 15:12
Citation	Chung KP, Chen LJ, Chang YJ, Chang YJ. Can composite performance measures predict survival of patients with colorectal cancer? World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(42): 15805-15814
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i42/15805.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15805

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