A breast cancer care report card: An assessment of performance and a pursuit of value

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 248-252

  West, John G ^a   Linda Sutherland, M ^b   Link, John S ^c   Margileth, David A ^a  

^a Breast Care Center   (United States)

^b Moran Rowen and Dorsey Imaging   (United States)

^c Long Beach Memorial Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE; PHYSICIAN;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030912882     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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