Do navigators' estimates of navigation intensity predict navigation time for cancer care?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-766

  Carroll, Jennifer Kate ^a   Winters, Paul C ^a   Purnell, Jason Q ^b   Devine, Katie ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cancer patients; Case management; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859898850     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0234-y     Document Type: Article

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