Cancer Policy: Research and Methods

Policy and outcome studies represent a new area of research in oncology. Understanding the factors that affect quality of life, costs of care, patterns of care, and outcomes in oncology is important to providing comprehensive care. Health services is meant to be both a productive area of research as...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bennett, Charles L. (Editor), Stinson, Tammy J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research, 97
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Summary:Policy and outcome studies represent a new area of research in oncology. Understanding the factors that affect quality of life, costs of care, patterns of care, and outcomes in oncology is important to providing comprehensive care. Health services is meant to be both a productive area of research as well as a discipline that improves patient decision making. In sum, Cancer Policy highlights some of the important areas of health services research in oncology.
Physical Description:XII, 182 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780585304984
ISSN:0927-3042 ;