Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0021

Prepared by:

University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center at the

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

David Moher, MSc

Howard M Schachter, PhD

Co-directors

Investigators

Howard M Schachter PhD

Vasil Mamaladze MD

Gabriela Lewin MD

Larry Paszat MD

Shailendra Verma MD

Cathy DeGrasse MScN

Ian Graham PhD

Melissa Brouwers PhD

Margaret Sampson MLIS

Andra Morrison BSc

Li Zhang BSc

Peter O'Blenis MBA

Chantelle Garrity BA

AHRQ Publication No. 04-E030-2

October 2004

ISBN: 1-58763-161-X

ISSN: 1530-4396

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AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakerspatients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakersmake more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.

Suggested Citation:

Schachter HM, Mamaladze V, Lewin G, Paszat L, Verma S, DeGrasse C, Graham I, Brouwers M, Sampson M, Morrison A, Zhang L, O'Blenis P, Garrity C. Measuring the Quality of Breast Cancer Care in Women. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 105. (Prepared by the University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0021.) AHRQ Publication No. 04-E030-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. October 2004.