Measuring Integration of Cancer Services to support performance improvement: The CSI survey

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-53

  Dobrow, Mark J ^a   Paszat, Lawrence ^a   Golden, Brian ^b   Brown, Adalsteinn D ^a   Holowaty, Eric ^a   Orchard, Margo C ^c   Monga, Neerav ^d   Sullivan, Terrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 69749122835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20933     Document Type: Article

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