Quality assessments for cancer centers in the European Union

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wind, Anke ^a,b   Rajan, Abinaya ^a,b   Van Harten, Wim H ^a,b,c  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer centers; European Union; Patient safety; Quality assessments

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; BENCHMARKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MANAGEMENT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84985898037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1738-2     Document Type: Article

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