Results of the national initiative for cancer care quality: How can we improve the quality of cancer care in the United States?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 626-634

  Malin, Jennifer L ^a   Schneider, Eric C ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a   Adams, John ^a   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644840045     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.3365     Document Type: Article

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