Quality of care in breast cancer centers: Results of benchmarking by the German Cancer Society and German Society for Breast Diseases

Breast

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 118-123

  Kowalski, Christoph ^a   Ferencz, Julia ^b   Brucker, Sara Y ^c   Kreienberg, Rolf ^d   Wesselmann, Simone ^a  

^a German Cancer Society   (Germany)

^b OnkoZert   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Breast cancer center; Care quality; Certification; German Cancer Society

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CERTIFICATION; COOPERATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84925305484     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

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