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Patients with a pituitary tumor are referred to the Centre of endocrine tumors/Schedelbasiscentrum LUMC from many parts of the Netherlands. A pituitary tumor has a major impact on patients’ lives. It is therefore not surprising that this center has been focusing on patient-reported outcomes (measurements of quality of life) since the 2000s. Based on the Value-Based Care concept, a new clinical pathway has recently been developed which involved patients.
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van Furth, W., Biermasz, N. (2021). Personal Attention to the Patient in the Pituitary Tumor Health-Care Pathway. In: van Weert, N., Hazelzet, J. (eds) Personalized Specialty Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63746-0_5
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