Quality deviations in cancer diagnosis: Prevalence and time to diagnosis in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 619, 2014, Pages

  Jensen, Henry ^a   Nissen, Aase ^b   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delayed diagnosis; General practice; Healthcare; Neoplasms; Quality assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893106405     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X677149     Document Type: Article

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