Factors Associated with Short-term Hospital Readmission Rates for Breast Cancer Patients in Western Australia: An Observational Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-200

  Lai, Jeffrey K ^a   Martin, Michael A ^a   Meyricke, Ramona ^a   O'Neill, Terry ^a   Roberts, Steven ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT READMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN HEALTH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846333922     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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