Using national quality forum breast cancer indicators to measure quality of care for patients in an AVON comprehensive breast center

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Iyengar, Radha ^a,b   Lund, Mary J ^b,c   Lamson, Philip ^b   Holmes, Leslie ^a   Rizzo, Monica ^a,b   Bumpers, Harvey ^b,d   Okoli, Joel ^b,d   Senior Crosby, Diana ^b,e   O'Regan, Ruth ^e   Gabram, Sheryl G A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; National quality forum; Quality indicators; Quality measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953573864     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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