Treatment Differences Between Blacks and Whites with Colorectal Cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 970-984

  Ball, Judy K ^a,b   Elixhauser, Anne ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b AHCPR/DPS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Race; Treatment differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030239797     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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