Addressing Wait Times for Endometrial Cancer Surgery in Ontario

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Kwon, Janice S ^a   Carey, Mark S ^a   Cook, E Francis ^b   Qiu, Feng ^c   Paszat, Lawrence F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Ontario; Surgery; Wait times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGIST; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; CANADA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38749115083     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32691-3     Document Type: Article

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