Rurality and cancer surgery in the United States

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 569-573

  Markin, Abraham ^a   Habermann, Elizabeth B ^a   Chow, Christopher J ^a   Zhu, Yanrong ^a   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a   Al Refaie, Waddah B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Outcomes; Patterns of care; Rural health care; Surgical oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868573879     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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