Improving access to care: Breast surgeons, the gatekeepers to breast reconstruction

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-276

  Preminger, Beth Aviva ^a   Trencheva, Koiana ^b   Chang, Catherine S ^c   Chiang, Austin ^c   El Tamer, Mahmoud ^d   Ascherman, Jeffrey ^c   Rohde, Christine ^c  

^a HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGEON; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOBACCO;

EID: 84857531772     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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