Ovarian cancer care for the underserved: Are surgical patterns of care different in a public hospital setting?

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 777-783

  Boyd, Leslie R ^a   Novetsky, Akiva P ^a   Curtin, John P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare disparities; Keywords; medically underinsured; municipal hospitals; operative procedures; ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OMENTECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NEW YORK CITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79551706110     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25490     Document Type: Article

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