Patients' experiences with navigation for cancer care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Carroll, Jennifer K ^a,b   Humiston, Sharon G ^a   Meldrum, Sean C ^a   Salamone, Charcy M ^a   Jean Pierre, Pascal ^a,b   Epstein, Ronald M ^a,b   Fiscella, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Disparities; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; CANCER CENTER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954310287     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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