Effect of hospital volume on processes of care and 5-year survival after breast cancer: A population-based study on 25 000 women

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Vrijens, France ^a   Stordeur, Sabine ^a   Beirens, Koen ^b   Devriese, Stephan ^a   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 insurance; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CASE MIX; CENTRALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84862540573     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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