Comorbid condition care quality in cancer survivors: role of primary care and specialty providers and care coordination

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 641-649

  Snyder, Claire F ^a,b,c   Frick, Kevin D ^b,c   Herbert, Robert J ^b   Blackford, Amanda L ^c   Neville, Bridget A ^d   Lemke, Klaus W ^b   Carducci, Michael A ^c   Wolff, Antonio C ^c   Earle, Craig C ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Comorbidity; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84946497935     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-015-0440-4     Document Type: Article

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