Visit duration for outpatient physician office visits among patients with cancer

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2012, Pages

  Guy, Gery P ^a   Richardson, Lisa C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAPITATION FEE; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VISIT DURATION;

EID: 84864403626     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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