Trends and outcomes of outpatient mastectomy in elderly women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 833-840

  Warren, Joan L ^a,c   Riley, Gerald F ^b   Potosky, Arnold L ^a   Klabunde, Carrie N ^a   Richter, Elizabeth ^b   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032479003     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.11.833     Document Type: Article

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