Using QRRO™ Survey Data to Assess Compliance With Quality Indicators for Breast and Prostate Cancer

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 442-447

  Owen, Jean B ^a   White, Julia R ^b   Zelefsky, Michael J ^c   Wilson, J Frank ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

oncology; Quality indicators; quality of care; radiation oncology practice

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLEASON SCORE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65749095226     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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