In order to plan for the delivery of this quality service, the volumes of surgical oncology procedures in BC need to be analyzed. Phase I of the BC Surgical Oncology Atlas for the fiscal year 1999/2000 presents information in terms of :

• patient demographics (age, gender)
• geographic location (BC New Health Authority region, BCCA region)
• hospital sizes (number of acute beds)

The information in this Atlas is of use to :

• healthcare administrators in planning the allocation of resources and practice guidelines
• surgeons as a network information resource
• general public (upon request) as required by the FOIPP act.

As discussed in Phase II to V, later phases will concentrate on outcome measures and other issues.