Is quality of colorectal cancer care good enough? Core measures development and its application for comparing hospitals in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chung, Kuo Piao ^a   Chang, Yun Jau ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^a   Kuo, Raymond Nien Chen ^a   Cheng, Skye H ^c   Chen, Li Tzong ^d   Tang, Reiping ^e   Liu, Tsang Wu ^f   Shieh, Ming Jium ^g  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77649330289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-27     Document Type: Article

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