<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jenkins, Simon</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diagnostic delay in neoplastic disease</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1978</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1978-12-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">724-728</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">197</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">It may be possible to measure quality of care in general practice by selecting a single criterion of care such as the delay in the recognition of neoplastic disease. Seven general practitioners reported on 55 new cases and the results are analysed according to age, sex, and diagnostic category. An attempt is made to quantify `quality' by comparing the theoretical `ideal' delay (retrospectively assessed) with the `actual' delay. The wider implications of the study are discussed.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>