Practice patterns of multidisciplinary team meetings in Korean cancer care and patient satisfaction with this approach
- Authors
- Maeng, Chi Hoon; Ahn, Hee Kyung; Oh, Sung Yong; Lim, Seungtaek; Kim, Bong-Seog; Kim, Do Yeun
- Issue Date
- Jan-2020
- Publisher
- KOREAN ASSOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Keywords
- Multidisciplinary team; Patient satisfaction; Treatment outcome; Medical oncology
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, v.35, no.1, pp.205 - +
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 35
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 205
- End Page
- +
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/17654
- DOI
- 10.3904/kjim.2019.189
- ISSN
- 1226-3303
- Abstract
- Background/Aims: The multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach is a cornerstone of clinical oncology. This study investigated the current state of MDT care, including patient satisfaction, in Korea. Methods: We obtained the annual number of cancer patients who have received MDT care since 2014 from the registry of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA). In addition, patients who received MDT care from August 2014 to May 2017 at four university hospitals were further characterized, and patient satisfaction was measured prospectively using a patient-reported questionnaire. Results: The total number of patients who received MDT care increased from 2014 to 2016 (2,113 to 9,998 patients, respectively) in the HIRA Cohort. The type of cancer that most often required MDT was breast cancer (23.8%), followed by colorectal cancer (19.1%). In the Representative Cohort (n = 1,032), MDT was requested by the surgeon more than half the time (55.7%). The main focus of MDT was decision making for further treatment planning (99.0%). The number of doctors participating in the MDT was usually five (70.0%). After initiating an MDT approach, the treatment plan changed for 17.4% of patients. Among these patients, 359 completed a prospective satisfaction survey regarding their MDT care. The overall satisfaction with the MDT approach was very high, with an average score of 9.6 out of 10 points. Conclusions: The application of MDT care is a rapidly growing trend in clinical oncology, and shows high patient satisfaction. Further research is needed to determine which types of cancer patients could benefit most from MDT, and to enable MDT care to operate more efficiently so that it may expand successfully throughout Korea.
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