Diagnostic delay in breast disease: A system analysis of a public urban hospital

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 662-666

  Wall, Philip ^a,b   Moore, Carol ^a   El Tamer, Mahmoud ^a   Reilly, James J ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031780093     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.6.662     Document Type: Article

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