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Clinical Practices Guidelines
Compilation: SPKC Clinical Guidelines, algorithms, patient pathways, quality indicators
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Slimību Profilakses un Kontroles Centrs (SPKC).
Primary purpose: Provide guidelines on how to diagnose and treat several medical conditions.
Type of information: Clinical practices guidelines, algorithms and pathways containing information about the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and follow-up for a number of diseases, including several types of cancer such as cervical, skin, prostate, breast, and rectal cancer. Indicators – for assessing the quality of the treatment process and compliance with clinical guidelines, algorithms and patient pathways.
Latest Policymaking Initiatives
Compilation: SPKC Reports
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Slimību Profilakses un Kontroles Centrs (SPKC).
Primary purpose: Provide reports on the research conducted by the institute.
Type of information: Reports on smoking habits and analysis of public health data, which includes cancer data.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [3].
Report: Study on the Health Habits of School-Aged Children
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Slimību Profilakses un Kontroles Centrs (SPKC); Riga Stradins University (co-author of the report).
Primary purpose: Report on the results of the International Study on Health Behavior in School-Aged Children.
Type of Information: Information on school-aged children's health behavior, including smoking habits by gender, age, among other measures. National surveys are conducted by SPKC every 4 years.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [4].
Reports: Analysis of public health data
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Slimību Profilakses un Kontroles Centrs (SPKC).
Primary purpose: To implement public health policies related to epidemiological safety, disease prevention, health care quality, and health promotion, while also coordinating these efforts.
Type of information: Most common malignant tumors; Potential years of life lost due malignant tumors; Mortality from malignant tumors; Incidence and prevalence of malignant tumors; Five-year survival rate for patients diagnosed by type of malignant tumor; Distribution of patients by stage at the time of diagnosis; Rate population coverage of screenings programs.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [5].
Reports: Situation in palliative care in Latvia
Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Welfare.
Primary purpose: Aims to evaluate Latvia's current palliative care services, suggest improvements, and advocate for the establishment of comprehensive, person-centered care to meet the growing demand and provide quality end-of-life support for all, regardless of socio-economic status.
Type of information: The number of unique patients for whom the family doctor's practice provided palliative care at home; The number of unique patients for whom palliative care was provided within the framework of home care and in a day hospital; The actual and unique number of patients who received inpatient palliative care; The average number of beds in the palliative care.
Data level: National and regional level.
Access to information: Access Information [6]. Health care provision infrastructure information [7].
Report: EU Country Cancer Profile 2023
Sponsor, manager or home institution: OECD and European Commission.
Primary purpose: To provide reliable data on cancer prevention and care, identifying trends, disparities, and inequalities among EU Member States and regions to guide interventions under Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.
Type of information: National cancer burden; Cancer incidence and mortality; Risk factors for cancer; Early detection programs (screenings); Cancer care performance, The impact of COVID-19 on cancer care.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [8].
Compilation: ESMO Patient Guides
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology
Primary purpose: To translate complex medical language into understandable information for patients.
Available guides: Side Effects of Immunotherapy.
Type of information: Information on each guide varies for each cancer type. Generally, guides provide definitions, explanations of causes, diagnosis, treatment, treatment options, care after treatment, among others.
Access to information: List of guides [9].
Quality of Life and Palliative Care Research
List of Articles: Quality of Life [10].
