Quality improvement by implementing an integrated oncological care pathway for breast cancer patients

Breast

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 364-370

  Van Hoeve, J ^a   de Munck, L ^a   Otter, R ^a,b   de Vries, J ^c   Siesling, S ^a,d  

^a Section of Epidemiology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Care pathways; Integrated healthcare systems; Multidisciplinary cancer care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEGRATED ONCOLOGICAL CARE PATHWAY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WATCHFUL WAITING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84902548713     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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