Validity of cancer registry data for measuring the quality of breast cancer care

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 835-844

  Malin, Jennifer L ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^b   Adams, John ^c   Kwan, Lorna ^a   Laouri, Marianne ^d   Ganz, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037024490     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/94.11.835     Document Type: Article

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