An assessment of patient navigator activities in breast cancer patient navigation programs using a nine-principle framework

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1555-1577

  Gunn, Christine M ^a,b   Clark, Jack A ^a,c   Battaglia, Tracy A ^b   Freund, Karen M ^d   Parker, Victoria A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; disparities; Patient navigation; patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NINE PRINCIPLE FRAMEWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SKILL; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908218805     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12184     Document Type: Article

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