Treatment summaries, follow-up care instructions, and patient navigation: could they be combined to improve cancer survivor’s receipt of follow-up care?

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 692-698

  Jabson, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Follow up care; Patient navigation; Survivorship care plans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE SUMMARIES; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946491653     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-015-0444-0     Document Type: Article

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