Using the NCDB for cancer care improvement: An introduction to available quality assessment tools

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 488-490

  Raval, Mehul V ^a,b   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b   Stewart, Andrew K ^a   Bentrem, David J ^b   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,c,d  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality assessment; National Cancer Database (NCDB); Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGRAM PRACTICE PROFILE REPORTS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PACKET; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID QUALITY REPORTING SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; CANCER CENTER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BENCHMARKING; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049162120     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21173     Document Type: Review

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