Surgery wait times and specialty services for insured and uninsured breast cancer patients: Does hospital safety net status matter?

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 677-697

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Dahman, Bassam ^a   Shickle, Lisa M ^a   Lee, Woolton ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; disparities; outcomes; Safety net hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863339559     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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