Colorectal cancer is an ambulatory care sensitive condition

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2531-2535

  Sarfaty, Mona ^a   Yuen, Elaine ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 54249101432     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0156     Document Type: Note

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