Development and feasibility of a set of quality indicators relative to the timeliness and organisation of care for new breast cancer patients undergoing surgery.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on June 21, 2012

Authors

Marie Ferrua1, Mélanie Couralet, Gérard Nitenberg, Sandrine Morin, Daniel Serin, Etienne Minvielle

Author Affiliations

1: INSERM-COMPAQ-HPST project, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, Villejuif, 94805, France.

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