An opportunity for coordinated cancer care: Intersection of health care reform, primary care providers, and cancer patients

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 593-599

  Collins, Lauren G ^a   Wender, Richard ^a   Altshuler, Marc ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountable care organization; cancer; Health care reform; patient centered care; patient centered medical home; primary care providers; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; BUDGET; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC PAIN; COLON CANCER; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650459769     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181feee9a     Document Type: Review

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