Physician and practice characteristics influencing tumor board attendance: Results from the provider survey of the los angeles women's health study

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-110

  Scher, Kevin S ^a,b,c   Tisnado, Diana M ^a,b,c   Rose, Danielle E ^a,b,c   Adams, John Lloyd ^a,b,c   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b,c   Malin, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Ganz, Patricia A ^a,b,c   Kahn, Katherine L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; RACE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; SURGEON; TUMOR BOARD; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79960170342     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2010.000085     Document Type: Article

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