Quality of gastric cancer care in designated cancer care hospitals in Japan

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 418-428

  Higashi, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Fumiaki ^a   Shimada, Yasuhiro ^b   Shinkai, Tetsu ^c   Muranaka, Toru ^d   Kamiike, Wataru ^e   Mekata, Eiji ^f   Kondo, Ken ^g   Wada, Yuichi ^h   Sakai, Hironori ⁱ   Ohtani, Mikinobu ^j   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^k   Sugiura, Nobuyuki ^l   Higashide, Shunichi ^m   Haga, Yoshio ⁿ   Kinoshita, Akitoshi ^o   Yamamoto, Tetsuo ^p   Ezaki, Takahiro ^e   Hanada, Shuichi ^q   Makita, Fujio ^r   Sobue, Tomotaka ^s   Okamura, Takeshi ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^f SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^h SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION BEPPU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^j IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^m Nagahama City Hospital   (Japan)

ⁿ NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^o Nagasaki Prefecture Shimabara Hospital   (Japan)

^p National Hospital Organisation Yonago Medical Center   (Japan)

^q NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^r National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^s OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer control in Japan; Gastric cancer; Quality indicators; Quality measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

CANCER; CANCER CONTROL IN JAPAN; GASTRIC CANCER; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY MEASUREMENTS;

AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84881114800     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt041     Document Type: Article

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