Health Care Quality: How Does the United States Compare with Other
Countries on Cancer Survival and Access to Bone Marrow Transplantation?
(Testimony, 04/14/94, GAO/T-PEMD-94-21).

This testimony discusses two recent GAO reports (GAO/PEMD-94-5 and
GAO/PEMD-94-10), each of which examines health care quality from an
international, comparative perspective.  The first compares survival
rates for cancer patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada,
while the second examines patterns in 10 countries in the use of bone
marrow transplants to treat leukemia.  Both studies focus on dimensions
commonly associated with the quality of a health care system.  The
survival study compares outcomes for cancer patients, while the bone
marrow study measures the availability and appropriateness of bone
marrow transplants.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-PEMD-94-21
     TITLE:  Health Care Quality: How Does the United States Compare 
             with Other Countries on Cancer Survival and Access to
             Bone Marrow Transplantation?
      DATE:  04/14/94
   SUBJECT:  Comparative analysis
             Cancer
             Cancer research
             Attrition rates
             Patient care services
             Health statistics
             Quality-of-life data
             Foreign governments
             Medical research
IDENTIFIER:  Ontario (Canada)
             NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
             Australia
             Canada
             Denmark
             France
             Germany
             Netherlands
             New Zealand
             Sweden
             United Kingdom
             
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