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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819772903321

Titolo

Assessing the quality of cancer care : an approach to measurement in Georgia / / Committee on Assessing Improvements in Cancer Care in Georgia, National Cancer Policy Board ; Jill Eden and Joseph V. Simone, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-13354-8

1-280-17362-9

9786610173624

0-309-54814-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 270 p

Altri autori (Persone)

EdenJill

SimoneJoseph V

Disciplina

362.196/994/009758

Soggetti

Cancer - Patients - Care - Georgia - Quality control - Measurement

Cancer - Georgia - Prevention - Quality control - Measurement

Cancer - Diagnosis - Georgia - Quality control - Measurement

Cancer - Treatment - Georgia - Quality control - Measurement

Outcome assessment (Medical care) - Georgia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concepts, Methods, and Data Sources -- 3 Preventing Cancer -- 4 Detecting Cancer Early -- 5 Diagnosing Cancer -- 6 Treating Cancer -- 7 Crosscutting Issues in Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care -- 8 Looking Ahead to the Implementation of Quality-of-Cancer-Care Measures -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Sources of Cancer-Related Clinical Guidelines and Quality Indicators -- APPENDIX B Sources of Data: Surveys and Datasets -- APPENDIX C Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms.