Quality of care for chronic diseases in a british cohort of long-term cancer survivors

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 418-424

  Khan, Nada F ^a   Mant, David ^a   Rose, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Continuity of patient care; Neoplasms; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77957747758     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1162     Document Type: Article

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