Cancer quality-ASSIST supportive oncology quality indicator set feasibility, reliability, and validity testing

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3267-3275

  Dy, Sydney M ^a   Lorenz, Karl A ^b   ONeill, Sean M ^b   Asch, Steven M ^b   Walling, Anne M ^c   Tisnado, Diana ^c   Antonio, Anna Liza ^d   Malin, Jennifer L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care planning; Dyspnea; Pain; Quality indicators; Supportive oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TERMINAL CARE;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954346059     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25109     Document Type: Article

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