Follow-up of cancer in primary care versus secondary care: Systematic review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 564, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Lewis, Ruth A ^a   Neal, Richard D ^a   Williams, Nefyn H ^a   France, Barbara ^a   Hendry, Maggie ^a   Russell, Daphne ^e   Hughes, Dyfrig A ^b   Russell, Ian ^c   Stuart, Nicholas S A ^a   Weller, David ^d   Wilkinson, Clare ^a  

^a North Wales Clinical School   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Edinburgh ^*

Author keywords

Long term care; Neoplasms; Outpatients; Primary health care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING CARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 67650815276     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X453567     Document Type: Article

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