State-level cancer quality assessment and research: Building and sustaining the data infrastructure

Cancer Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 246-256

  Lipscomb, Joseph ^a   Gillespie, Theresa W ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer quality measurement and effectiveness research; Commission on Cancer's new Rapid Quality Reporting System; National Cancer Data System; quality of care assessment and improvement

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; COLON CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

GEORGIA; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051708271     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3182296422     Document Type: Review

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