Morbidity and mortality of colorectal carcinoma surgery differs by insurance status

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2187-2194

  Kelz, Rachel Rapaport ^a,b   Gimotty, Phyllis A ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^a,c   Norman, Sandra ^a   Fraker, Douglas ^b   DeMichele, Angela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Complications; Insurance status; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 7644234591     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20624     Document Type: Article

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