Influence of primary care on breast cancer outcomes among medicare beneficiaries

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 401-411

  Roetzheim, Richard G ^a,b   Ferrante, Jeanne M ^c,d   Lee, Ji Hyun ^b   Chen, Ren ^a   Love Jackson, Kymia M ^a   Gonzalez, Eduardo C ^a   Fisher, Kate J ^b   McCarthy, Ellen P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866184864     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1398     Document Type: Article

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