The effect of nurse navigation on timeliness of breast cancer care at an academic comprehensive cancer center

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2524-2531

  Basu, Mohua ^a   Linebarger, Jared ^b   Gabram, Sheryl G A ^c   Patterson, Sharla Gayle ^d   Amin, Miral ^e   Ward, Kevin C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Norma J Vinger Center for Breast Care (NJVCBC)   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

breast cancer; delivery of care; disease management; patient navigation; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

BREAST CANCER; DELIVERY OF CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT NAVIGATION; QUALITY OF CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT NAVIGATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84879663125     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28024     Document Type: Article

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