Establishing a quality measurement system for cancer care in Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-232

  Higashi, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Fumiaki ^b   Saruki, Nobuhiro ^c   Sobue, Tomotaka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA PREFECTURAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Outcomes research; Quality control; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PLATINUM;

ABLATION THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CARE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GASTRECTOMY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84874809681     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyt001     Document Type: Review

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