Racial differences in surgeons and hospitals for endometrial cancer treatment

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Armstrong, Katrina ^a,b,c   Randall, Thomas C ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^a,b   Moye, Elizabeth ^a   Silber, Jeffrey H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; endometrial; hospital; race; treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGEON;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751607117     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182019123     Document Type: Article

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