Racial variation in the quality of surgical care for prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1279-1285

  Barocas, Daniel A ^a   Gray, Darryl T ^c   Fowke, Jay H ^a   Mercaldo, Nathaniel D ^a   Blume, Jeffrey D ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Penson, David F ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare disparities; minority health; prostate; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; SURGEON; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84866123571     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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