Do changes in surgical procedures for breast cancer have consequences for hospital mean length of stay? A study of women operated on for breast cancer in Sweden, 1980-95

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 566-575

  Lindqvist, Rikard ^a   Möller, Torgil R ^b   Stenbeck, Magnus ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^c  

^a National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Healthcare reforms; Mean length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORTALITY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036622736     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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