Systematic review of quality improvement interventions directed at cancer specialists

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1583-1591

  Coory, Michael ^a   White, Victoria M ^b   Johnson, Kristin S ^b   Hill, David J ^b,d   Jefford, Michael ^b,c,d   Harrison, Simon ^c,d   Winship, Ingrid ^d,f   Millar, Jeremy ^e,g   Giles, Graham G ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SCREENING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84876569266     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.46.0253     Document Type: Article

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