The structural landscape of the health care system for breast cancer care: Results from the Los Angeles women's health study

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Tisnado, Diana M ^a   Malin, Jennifer L ^b   Tao, May L ^c   Ganz, Patricia ^d   Rose Ash, Danielle ^d   Hu, Ashlee F ^b   Adams, John ^d,e   Kahn, Katherine L ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of care; Structure of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149293282     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2008.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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