The challenge of improving breast cancer care coordination in safety-net hospitals barriers, facilitators, and opportunities

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-154

  McAlearney, Ann Scheck ^a,b   Murray, Kelsey ^a   Sieck, Cynthia ^a   Lin, Jenny J ^c   Bellacera, Bonnie ^c   Bickell, Nina A ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coordinated care; Disparities; Safety net; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SURGEON; WEB BROWSER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS;

EID: 84957851854     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000458     Document Type: Article

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