Demonstration of quality of care measurement using the Japanese liver cancer registry

Hepatology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1208-1215

  Higashi, Takahiro ^a   Hasegawa, Kiyoshi ^a,l   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a,l   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^b,l   Izumi, Namiki ^c,l   Ichida, Takafumi ^g,l   Kudo, Masatoshi ^h,l   Ku, Yonson ^i,l   Sakamoto, Michiie ^d,l   Nakashima, Osamu ^j,l   Matsui, Osamu ^k,l   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^e,l   Sobue, Tomotaka ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^l Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cancer registry; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Quality indicators; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 82255185603     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2011.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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