Patient-expressed perceptions of wait-time causes and wait-related satisfaction

Current Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-112

  Mathews, Maria ^a   Ryan, D ^a   Bulman, D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Lung cancer; Patient satisfaction; Prostate cancer; Wait times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84928232212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.22.2243     Document Type: Article

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