Compliance with clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer treatment: A population-based study of quality-of-care indicators in Italy

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sacerdote, Carlotta ^a,d   Bordon, Rita ^a   Pitarella, Sabina ^a   Mano, Maria Piera ^a   Baldi, Ileana ^a   Casella, Denise ^a   Di Cuonzo, Daniela ^a   Frigerio, Alfonso ^b   Milanesio, Luisella ^b   Merletti, Franco ^a   Pagano, Eva ^a   Ricceri, Fulvio ^c   Rosso, Stefano ^a   Segnan, Nereo ^a   Tomatis, Mariano ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^a   Vineis, Paolo ^c,d   Ponti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HuGeF Foundation   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Evidence based medicine; Guideline adherence; Population based; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872770756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-28     Document Type: Article

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