Overview of national guidelines for infrastructure and staffing of radiotherapy. ESTRO-QUARTS: Work package 1

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349.E1-349.E6

  Slotman, Ben J ^a   Cottier, Brian ^b   Bentzen, Sören M ^c   Heeren, Germaine ^d   Lievens, Yolande ^e   Van Den Bogaert, Walter ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capacity; Guidelines; Health economics; Infrastructure; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 22444434619     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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