A team approach to improving colorectal cancer services using administrative health data

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Porter, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Urquhart, Robin ^c   Bu, Jingyu ^c,d   Kendell, Cynthia ^c   MacIntyre, Maureen ^d   Dewar, Ron ^d   Kephart, George ^b   Asada, Yukiko ^b   Grunfeld, Eva ^e,f  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cancer Outcomes Research Program   (Canada)

^d Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative health data; Colorectal cancer; Health services; Interdisciplinary research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERMINAL CARE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856351958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-10-4     Document Type: Article

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