Breast cancer surgery: Do all patients want to go to high-volume hospitals?

Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 699-705

  Bouche, Gauthier ^a   Migeot, Virginie ^a   Mathoulin Pélissier, Simone ^b,c   Salamon, Roger ^d   Ingrand, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^c Réseau de Cancérologie d'Aquitaine   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 44749089541     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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