Change in clinical practice after publication of guidelines on breast cancer treatment

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Fukuda, Haruhisa ^a,b   Imanaka, Yuichi ^b   Ishizaki, Tatsuro ^b   Okuma, Kazuhide ^b   Shirai, Takako ^b  

^a 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Guideline; Practice variations

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; JAPAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349545857     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp037     Document Type: Article

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