Hospital-community interface: A qualitative study on patients with cancer and health care providers' experiences

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 528-535

  Admi, Hanna ^a   Muller, Ella ^a   Ungar, Lea ^b   Reis, Shmuel ^b,e   Kaffman, Michael ^b,c   Naveh, Nurit ^b,c   Shadmi, Efrat ^d  

^a Nursing Division   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Care continuity; Health care system barriers; Hospital community interface; Oncology health care providers; Qualitative design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENTS; CARE CONTINUITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BARRIERS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY INTERFACE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE DESIGN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

CANCER PATIENTS; CARE CONTINUITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BARRIERS; HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY INTERFACE; ONCOLOGY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; QUALITATIVE DESIGN;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84883755058     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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