Radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery: Does hospital surgical volume matter? A population-based study in Taiwan

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-50

  Chien, Chun Ru ^a,b   Pan, I Wen ^a   Tsai, Yi Wen ^c,d   Tsai, Teressa ^c   Liang, Ji An ^b   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a   Shih, Ya Chen Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Pay for performance; Radiotherapy; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEDICAL CENTER; ODDS RATIOS; PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE; SURGICAL VOLUME;

DISEASES; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL VOLUME; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 83955162989     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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