Assessment of the quality of breast cancer care: A single institutional study from Saudi Arabia

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-305

  Akhtar, Shad Salim ^a   Nadrah, Hisham Mohammed ^a  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Assessment of care; Breast cancer; Care quality; Health care quality; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 27244453872     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi035     Document Type: Article

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