Quality of integrated care for patients with head and neck cancer: Development and measurement of clinical indicators

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-386

  Ouwens, Mariëlle M M T J ^a   Marres, Henri A M ^a   Hermens, Rosella R P ^a   Hulscher, Marlies M E ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Frank J A ^a   Grol, Richard P ^a   Wollersheim, Hub C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease management; Head and neck cancer; Indicator; Integrated care; Process assessment (healthcare)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247219608     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20532     Document Type: Article

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