A comparison of evidence-based estimates and empirical benchmarks of the appropriate rate of use of radiation therapy in ontario

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1099-1107

  Mackillop, William J ^a   Kong, Weidong ^a   Brundage, Michael ^a   Hanna, Timothy P ^a   Zhang Salomons, Jina ^a   McLaughlin, Pierre Yves ^a   Tyldesley, Scott ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE-BASED ESTIMATE; LIFETIME RATES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; ONTARIO; PLANNING AND MONITORING; POISSON REGRESSION; POTENTIAL BARRIERS;

ESTIMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION BASED BENCHMARKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE BASED ESTIMATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFESPAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; RADIOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925307829     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.11.026     Document Type: Article

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