Insurance and inpatient care: Differences in length of stay and costs between surgically treated cancer patients

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5084-5091

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Dahman, Bassam ^a   Bear, Harry D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; disparities; Medicaid; uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867336184     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27508     Document Type: Article

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