Certificate of need regulations and the availability and use of cancer resections

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1837-1845

  Short, Marah N ^a   Aloia, Thomas A ^b   Ho, Vivian ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Certificate of need; Delivery of health care; Oncology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RECTUM RESECTION;

CERTIFICATE OF NEED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149096208     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9914-1     Document Type: Article

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