Improving Uniformity of Care for Colorectal Cancers Through National Quality Forum Quality Indicators at a Commission on Cancer-accredited Community Based Teaching Hospital

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-596

  Pappas, Dean P ^a,b   Garbus, Jules E ^a,b   Feuerman, Martin ^b   Reed, William P ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Nodes; Preoperative radiation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACCREDITATION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCREDITATION; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79957908719     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: 15585042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2011.01.013     Document Type: Review

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