Impact of an integrated care program for patients with head and neck cancer on the quality of care

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 902-910

  Ouwens, Mariëlle M M T J ^a   Hermens, Rosella R P M G ^a   Hulscher, Marlies M E J L ^a   Merkx, Matthias A W ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Frank J A ^a   Grol, Richard P ^a   Wollersheim, Hub C H ^a   Marres, Henri A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease management; Health services research; Indicators; Neoplasms; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE CONSULTANT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SMOKING CESSATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650470948     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21041     Document Type: Article

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