The association of medicare health care delivery systems with stage at diagnosis and survival for patients with melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-757

  Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b,c,f   Wilkinson, James D ^a   Ma, Fangchao ^a   Pacheco, Heather ^a   Federman, Daniel G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21844476454     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.6.753     Document Type: Article

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