Colorectal procedures: What proportion is performed by American board of Colon and rectal surgery-certified surgeons?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 713-720

  Etzioni, David A ^a,b   Cannom, Rebecca R ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^c   Ault, Glenn T ^a   Beart Jr , Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer economics; Colorectal surgery; Economics; Physician supply; Surgery; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; MANPOWER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECTUM DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAREER CHOICE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECTAL DISEASES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951887317     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181d32084     Document Type: Article

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