Quality assessment in oncology

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 773-781

  Albert, Jeffrey M ^a   Das, Prajnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Quality indicators; Quality metrics

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALTIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY METRICS;

ONCOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCREDITATION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CERTIFICATION; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; NEUROPATHY; ONCOLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECIALIZATION; TRAINING;

EID: 84861651648     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.079     Document Type: Review

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