Practice variation: The Achilles' heel in quality cancer care

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 5881-5882

  Dilts, David M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 24944576743     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.034     Document Type: Editorial

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