A community breast center report card determined by participation in the national quality measures for breast centers program

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 472-480

  Landercasper, Jeffrey ^a   Ellis, Richard L ^a   Mathiason, Michelle A ^a   Marcou, Kristen A ^a   Jago, Gayle S ^a   Dietrich, Leah L ^a   Johnson, Jeanne M ^a   De Maiffe, Brooke M ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; National consortium of breast centers; National quality measures for breast centers; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77956854330     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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