Meeting patients' health information needs in breast cancer center hospitals - A multilevel analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kowalski, Christoph ^a,b   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^c   Ansmann, Lena ^a   Wesselmann, Simone ^b   Pfaff, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b German Cancer Society   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hospital characteristics; Information needs; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CENTER; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988674611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0601-6     Document Type: Article

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