Variations in Referral Patterns to High-Volume Centers for Pancreatic Cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-726

  Chang, David C ^a,b   Zhang, Yiyi ^b   Mukherjee, Debraj ^a   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^a   Schulick, Richard D ^a   Cameron, John L ^a   Ahuja, Nita ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549083684     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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