The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: An international collaboration to inform cancer policy in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom

Health Policy

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 148-155

  Butler, John ^a,b   Foot, Catherine ^c   Bomb, Martine ^b   Hiom, Sara ^b   Coleman, Michel ^d   Bryant, Heather ^e   Vedsted, Peter ^f   Hanson, Jane ^g   Richards, Mike ^h  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g Welsh Cancer National Specialist Advisory Group   (United Kingdom)

^h Portland House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cancer policy; Cancer survival; International comparisons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORWAY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; CANADA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASMS; POLICY MAKING; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84885184267     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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