Cancer care at the hospital-community interface: Perspectives of patients from different cultural and ethnic groups

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-111

  Shadmi, Efrat ^a   Admi, Hanna ^b   Ungar, Lea ^c   Naveh, Nurit ^c   Muller, Ella ^b   Kaffman, Michael ^c   Rayan, Nosaiba ^a   Reis, Shmuel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care transitions; Minorities; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ARABS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77649273425     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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