Disparities in utilization of high-volume hospitals for cancer surgery: Results of a Korean population-based study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2806-2815

  Kim, So Young ^a,b   Park, Jong Hyock ^a   Kim, Sung Gyeong ^a   Woo, Hye Kyung ^a   Park, Jae Hyun ^c   Kim, Yoon ^d   Park, Eun Cheol ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS RESECTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78049467042     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1133-x     Document Type: Article

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