Quality assessment and improvement of nationwide cancer registration system in Taiwan: A review

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-296

  Chiang, Chun Ju ^a,b   You, San Lin ^b,c,d   Chen, Chien Jen ^a,c   Yang, Ya Wen ^a,b   Lo, Wei Cheng ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Cancer Registry   (Taiwan)

^c GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Data quality; Population based system; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; TAIWAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORECASTING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TAIWAN;

EID: 84924722066     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyu211     Document Type: Article

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