Implementing a Cancer Fast-track Programme between primary and specialised care in Catalonia (Spain): A mixed methods study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 753-759

  Prades, J ^a,c   Espinas J A ^a   Font, R ^a   Argimon, J M ^b   Borrs, J M ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Health Service Procurement and Assessment   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

programme effectiveness; qualitative research; quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPAIN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPAIN; SPECIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052450687     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.308     Document Type: Article

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