Patient, hospital, and surgeon factors associated with breast conservation surgery: A statewide analysis in North Carolina

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-429

  Kotwall, Cyrus A ^a,b,c   Covington, Deborah L ^c   Rutledge, Robert ^a   Paige Churchill, M ^c   Meyer, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New Hanover Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029834310     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199610000-00001     Document Type: Article

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