Quality of care in advanced ovarian cancer: The importance of provider specialty

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Mercado, Cheryl ^a   Zingmond, David ^a   Karlan, Beth Y ^b   Sekaris, Evan ^a   Gross, Jenny ^b   Maggard Gibbons, Melinda ^a,c   Tomlinson, James S ^a,d   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Ovarian cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949285384     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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