Pilot study of the quality initiative in rectal cancer strategy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1594-1598

  Simunovic, Marko I ^a,b   Paterson, Craig A ^c   Coates, Angela J ^a   Wright, James R ^a,b   Levine, Mark N ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Physician behavior; Quality improvement; Rectal neoplasm; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOSTOMY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLOSTOMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4944244818     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0658-0     Document Type: Article

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