Disparities in access to hospitals with robotic surgery for patients with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 514-520

  Kim, Simon P ^a   Boorjian, Stephen A ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^a   Weight, Christopher J ^b   Tilburt, Jon C ^a   Han, Leona C ^a   Thompson, R Houston ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^c,d   Sun, Maxine ^d   Moriarty, James P ^a   Karnes, R Jeffrey ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

healthcare disparities; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84872138097     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.09.033     Document Type: Article

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