Predicting cancer mortality: Developing a new cancer care variable using mixed methods and the quasi-statistical approach

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6 PART2, 2013, Pages 2208-2223

  Zickmund, Susan L ^a,b   Yang, Suzanne ^a   Mulvey, Edward P ^c   Bost, James E ^d   Shinkunas, Laura A ^e   Labrecque, Douglas R ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Mixed methods; Prognosis; Quasi statistical; View of self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; MIXED METHODS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUASI-STATISTICAL; VIEW OF SELF;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANCER; MIXED METHODS; PROGNOSIS; QUASI-STATISTICAL; VIEW OF SELF;

EID: 84892965132     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12116     Document Type: Article

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