Perioperative management of colon cancer under medicare risk programs

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1878-1884

  Retchin, Sheldon M ^a,d   Penberthy, Lynne ^b   Desch, Chris ^a,b   Brown, Randall ^c   Jerome D'Emilia, Bonnie ^a   Clement, Dolores ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0030801273     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.16.1878     Document Type: Article

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