Time to treatment for patients receiving BCS in a public and a Private University Hospital in Atlanta

Breast Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-167

  Mosunjac, Marina ^a,b   Park, Jaemin ^a,b   Strauss, Alexandra ^b   Birdsong, George ^a,b   Du, Victor ^a   Rizzo, Monica ^a,b   Gabram, Sheryl G A ^a,b   Lund, Mary Jo ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; delay in treatment; private hospital; public hospital; wait time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAGING; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862804296     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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