Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff and resources for radiotherapy in pediatric and adolescent patients: The DEGRO-QUIRO trial

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 582-590

  Zabel Du Bois, Angelika ^a   Milker Zabel, Stefanie ^a   Bruns, Frank ^b   Christiansen, Hans ^b   Ernst, Iris ^c   Willich, Normann ^c   Popp, Wolfgang ^d   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Sack, Horst ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Prime Networks AG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cancer; Child; Medical staff; Time requirements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84901609013     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-014-0619-z     Document Type: Article

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