The development of a model of outpatient chemotherapy delivery - Chemotherapy Basic Treatment Equivalent (CBTE)

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 406-412

  Delaney, Geoff ^a   Bin Jalaludin, Geoff ^b   Moylan, Eugene ^a   Barton, Michael ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basic Treatment Equivalent (BTE); Chemotherapy; Efficiency; Productivity; Treatment duration

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036785089     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2002.0141     Document Type: Article

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