Comparison of quick diagnosis units and conventional hospitalization for the diagnosis of cancer in spain: A descriptive cohort study

Oncology (Switzerland)

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 283-291

  Bosch, Xavier ^a   Moreno, Pedro ^a   Ros, Martn ^a   Jordn, Anna ^a   Lpez Soto, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Hospitalization; Microcosting; Quick diagnosis units

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUICK DIAGNOSIS UNIT; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SARCOMA; SPAIN; STOMACH CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84865855722     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341658     Document Type: Article

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