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Findings from University of Sydney provide new insights into health services

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 7th, 2010

"National cancer policies identify the improvement of care coordination as a priority to improve the delivery of health services for people with cancer. Identification of the current barriers to effective cancer care coordination is needed to drive service improvement," scientists in Sydney, Australia report.

"A qualitative study was undertaken in which semi-structured individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with those best placed to identify issues; patients who had been treated for a range of cancers and their carers as well as health professionals involved in providing cancer care. Data collection continued until saturation of concepts was reached. A...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-09-07)

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