Is the performance of cancer services influenced more by hospital factors or by specialization?

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-74

  McCarthy, Mark ^a   Datta, Preeti ^a   Sherlaw Johnson, Chris ^a   Coleman, Michel ^b   Rachet, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer services; Hospital; Management; Performance; Planning; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 39749154735     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm081     Document Type: Article

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