Survival as a quality metric of cancer care: Use of the national cancer data base to assess hospital performance

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages e59-e72

  Shulman, Lawrence N ^a   Palis, Bryan E ^b   McCabe, Ryan ^b   Mallin, Kathy ^b   Loomis, Ashley ^b   Winchester, David ^b   McKellar, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; BREAST TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040815296     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2016.020446     Document Type: Article

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