Centralisation of breast cancer management by giving minimum work-load. Empirical effects in the region of North-Rhine, Germany;Zentralisierung der behandlung des mammakarzinoms bei der vorgabe von mindestmengen. Empirische auswirkungen in der Region Nordrhein

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-389

  Lüngen, Markus ^a   Rupprecht, Christoph J ^b   Plamper, Evelyn ^a   Lauterbach, Karl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b AOK Rheinland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Germany; Outcome; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 4344698150     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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