Palliative radiotherapy: Modelling and evaluating the impact of factors in the treatment times and workload of orthovoltage units-a pilot study

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Donaghey, S L ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic treatment equivalence; Orthovoltage; Palliative; Patient factors; Productivity; Symptomology; Treatment times; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ORTHOVOLTAGE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREND STUDY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 71849094946     PISSN: 14603969     EISSN: 14671131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1460396909006670     Document Type: Article

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