Racial variation in the pattern and quality of care for prostate cancer in the USA: Mind the gap

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Barocas, Daniel A ^a   Penson, David F ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pattern of care; Prostate cancer; Quality of care; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANDROGEN THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955760675     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09467.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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