Patient navigation and the quality of breast cancer care: An analysis of the Breast Cancer Care Quality Indicators

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3251-3256

  Weber, Joseph J ^a   Mascarenhas, Debra C ^b   Bellin, Lisa S ^a   Raab, Rachel E ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a,c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER CARE QUALITY INDICATOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868205715     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2527-8     Document Type: Article

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