Early results after regionalization of thoracic surgical practice in a single-payer system

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 472-479

  Sundaresan, Sudhir ^a   McLeod, Robin ^b,c   Irish, Jonathan ^b   Burns, Judy ^b   Hunter, Amber ^b   Meertens, Elaine ^b   Langer, Bernard ^b   Stern, Hartley ^b   Sherar, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CARE ONTARIO; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX SURGERY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ONTARIO; SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84872761053     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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