England's 30-day chemotherapy mortality: a measure of quality of care?

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1172-1173

  Cameron, David ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ENGLAND; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84994519947     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30405-3     Document Type: Note

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