Quality of care indicators for prostate cancer: Progress toward consensus

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-434

  Miller, David C ^a   Saigal, Christopher S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance measurement; Prostate cancer; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGEON;

HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649361517     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.01.011     Document Type: Review

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