Concentration of uterine cancer surgical care among the elderly: A population-based perspective

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 436-440

  Díaz Montes, Teresa P ^a   Zahurak, Mariana L ^b   Giuntoli II, Robert L ^a   Bristow, Robert E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Elderly women; Surgery; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36348936713     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.07.060     Document Type: Article

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