The effect of a lung cancer care coordination program on timeliness of care

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-534

  Alsamarai, Susan ^a   Yao, Xiaopan ^b   Cain, Hilary C ^b,c   Chang, Bryan W ^b,c   Chao, Herta H ^b   Connery, Donna M ^b   Deng, Yanhong ^b   Garla, Vijay N ^b   Hunnibell, Laura S ^b   Kim, Anthony W ^b,c   Obando, J Antonio ^b,c   Taylor, Caroline ^b,c   Tellides, George ^b,c   Rose, Michal G ^b  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer navigation; Comorbidities; Non small cell lung cancer; Stage migration; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

CANCER NAVIGATION; COMORBIDITIES; NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER; STAGE MIGRATION; VETERANS AFFAIRS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 84883794800     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: 19380690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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