Re-organisation of oesophago-gastric cancer care in England: progress and remaining challenges
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Re-organisation of oesophago-gastric cancer care in England: progress and remaining challenges
BACKGROUND Oesophago-gastric cancer services in England have been extensively reorganised since 2001 to deliver a centralised, specialist-led service. Our aim was to assess how well the National Health Service (NHS) in England met organisational standards for oesophago-gastric cancer care. METHODS Questionnaires that asked about the provision of staging investigations, curative and palliative...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-204