Timeliness across the continuum of care in veterans with lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 951-957

  Powell, Adam A ^a   Schultz, Ellen M ^b   Ordin, Diana L ^c   Enderle, Mark A ^c   Graham, Barry A ^c   Partin, Melissa R ^a   Gould, Michael K ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Lung cancer; Quality of care; Timeliness; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 58149139563     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181839b60     Document Type: Article

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