Protection of quality and innovation in radiation oncology: The prospective multicenter trial the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO-QUIRO study): Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during radiotherapy with IMRT

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 433-443

  Vorwerk, H ^a   Zink, K ^a,b   Schiller, R ^a   Budach, V ^c   Bohmer D ^c   Kampfer, S ^d   Popp, W ^e   Sack, H ^f   Engenhart Cabillic, R ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Prime Networks AG   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equipment; Evaluation of time; Medical staff; Radiation; Resources

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GERMANY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84900807174     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-014-0634-0     Document Type: Article

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