Differences in mortality for surgical cancer patients by insurance and hospital safety net status

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-97

  Sabik, Lindsay M ^a   Bradley, Cathy J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; insurance; mortality; safety net hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84872341120     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712458158     Document Type: Article

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