Monitoring indicators of health care quality by means of a hospital register of tumours

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1026-1030

  Redondo, Maximino ^a   Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Guzman Soler, M Carmen ^a   Labajos, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care; Oncology; Quality indicators; Register of tumours; Survival; Tumours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55649124871     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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