Delivering high-quality cancer care: The critical role of quality measurement

Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-62

  Spinks, Tracy E ^a   Ganz, Patricia A ^b   Sledge, George W ^c   Levit, Laura ^d   Hayman, James A ^e   Eberlein, Timothy J ^f   Feeley, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Institute of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Health care delivery; Learning health care system; Patient centeredness; Public reporting; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84896397209     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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