Modeling the impact of comorbidity on breast cancer patient outcomes

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-154

  Zhang, Shengfan ^a   Ivy, Julie Simmons ^a   Payton, Fay Cobb ^b   Diehl, Kathleen M ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Censoring; Comorbidity; Descriptive statistics; Least squares regression; Length of stay; Logistic regression; Mortality; Nationwide inpatient sample; Survival analysis; Total charges

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955888315     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-009-9119-6     Document Type: Article

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