Patient delay in cancer studies: a discussion of methods and measures

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is no validated way of measuring the prevalence and duration of patient delay, and we do not know how people perceive and define the time intervals they are asked to report in patient delay studies. This lack of a validated mea...

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Main Authors: Olesen Frede, Vedsted Peter, Andersen Rikke, Bro Flemming, Søndergaard Jens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/189