Developing and measuring a set of process and outcome indicators for breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-260

  Stordeur, Sabine ^a   Vrijens, France ^a   Devriese, Stephan ^a   Beirens, Koen ^b   Van Eycken, Elizabeth ^b   Vlayen, Joan ^a  

^a BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Cancer Register   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Quality indicators, health care; Quality of health care; Registries; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TRASTUZUMAB;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860461907     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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