Oral/pharyngeal, laryngeal, and lung cancer discharge trends in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-312

  Fedele, Denise J ^a,b   Jones, Judith A ^a,c   Niessen, Linda C ^e,f,g   Guo, Ingrid Y ^d   Harrison, Kathleen ^h  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Oral Health Care Delivery   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Marketing Information Management   (United States)

^e Sirona Dental Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of Veterans Affairs; Oral cancer; Oral health; Patient discharges

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; STATISTICS; TONGUE TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0032152640     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb03014.x     Document Type: Article

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