Breast cancer services - A population-based study of service reorganization

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-175

  Monaghan, Pauline ^a,c   Murray, Liam ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a   McCarron, Peter ^a   Spence, Roy ^b   Gavin, Anna ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern Ireland Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer services; Service reorganization; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; REGISTRIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644471080     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi003     Document Type: Article

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