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Table 1 Examples of differences and similarities in eight Dutch hospitals on colorectal organization

From: Development of an instrument to analyze organizational characteristics in multidisciplinary care pathways; the case of colorectal cancer

Hospital number

Flowchart for rectum

Flowchart for colon

Operational focus on medical content, operational content or both

Operational focus: mean number of patient visits (mean overall: 6,72)

AWC: Multidisciplinary outpatient clinic

AWC: use of dedicated sessions

Physical layout: safety, cleanness and order (RPA)

Physical layout: visual management system (RPA)

Team: number of staff involved with diagnosis

Pull: one stop shop for diagnosis

Non-value adding activities

1

yes

Yes

both

7.5

no

yes

3

5

4

no

yes, prbERAS

2

no

Yes

medical

5.6

no

no

4

3

4

no

yes

3

yes

Yes

operational

6.7

no

yes

3

2

2

yes

yes, prbERAS

4

yes

Yes

medical

5.2

no

yes

4

3

8

yes

yes

5

yes

Yes

medical

7.6

no

yes

3

3

3

no

yes

6

yes

No

both

6.

yes

no

4

3

4

no

yes, prbERAS

7

no

No

both

5.9

no

no

4

4

5

no

no

8

yes

Yes

both

mv

no

no

4

2

9

yes

yes

  1. mv = missing value. AWC = Autonomous Work Cells, prbERAS = protocol based on ERAS.RPA = Rapid Plant Assessment.Rating RPA colums physical layout: 1 = not, 2 = low, 3 = average, 4 = often, 5 = always.