Improved patient survivals with colorectal cancer under multidisciplinary team care: A nationwide cohort study of 25,766 patients in Taiwan

Yueh-Han Hsu, Pei-Tseng Kung, Shih-Ting Wang, Chuan-Yin Fang and Wen-Chen Tsai

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 6, 674-681

Abstract: The evidence of improved survival in patients of colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving multidisciplinary team (MDT) care remains inconclusive.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; Multidisciplinary team care; Propensity score method; Quality of care; Service volume; Survival (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.04.001

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