Discussion of treatment options for early-stage breast cancer: Effect of provider specialty on type of surgery and satisfaction

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 681-691

  Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Weeks, Jane C ^c   Landrum, Mary Beth ^b   Borbas, Catherine ^d   Guadagnoli, Edward ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Hlthcare Educ and Res Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Breast conserving surgery; Mastectomy; Patient satisfaction; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASTECTOMY; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035406113     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200107000-00005     Document Type: Article

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