Factors that Determine the Treatment for Local and Regional Prostate Cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-162

  Desch, Christopher E ^a,c   Penberthy, Lynne ^a   Newschaffer, Craig J ^b,c   Hillner, Bruce E ^a   Whittemore, Martha ^a   Mcclish, Donna ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Retchin, Sheldon M ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Proj HOPE Ctr for Hlth Aff   (United States)

Author keywords

Linked database; Practice variation; Prostate cancer; Rural; Socioeconomic factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTATE TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030077467     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199602000-00007     Document Type: Article

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