Belgium a national pilot project (the BelRAI) is ongoing, but is not yet be able to distinguish the effect
of early screening from the actual care, implemented in all care settings: the assessment instruments for home care, relative survival rates should be compared across countries by stage, for long-term care facili
ties and acute care have already been adapted to information which is not yet availab
le at international level. the Belgian situat ...[+++]ion (details in Appendix C).The Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 444 is originally developed to Only for breast cancer and colon cancer, the US has higher survival rates assess the care needs of the elderly in institut
ions, and has later been than Belgium (data shown in documentation sheet in Supplement S1). To extended with instruments
for different care settings and subgroups. In be able to distinguish the effect
of early screening from the actual care, Be ...[+++]lgium a national pilot project (the BelRAI) is ongoing, but is not yet implemented in all care settings: the assessment instruments for home care, relative survival rates should be compared across countries by stage, for long-term care facilities and acute care have already been adapted to information which is not yet available at international level. the Belgian situation (details in Appendix C).
