The validity of hospital administrative data in monitoring variations in breast cancer surgery

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-245

  Kahn, Laura H ^a   Blustein, Jan ^b,d,e   Arons, Raymond R ^d,e   Yee, Raymond ^e   Shea, Steven ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Columbia Coll of Phys and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Division of Epidemiology

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RACE;

EID: 0030041319     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.243     Document Type: Article

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