Assessing short- and long-term outcomes among black vs white Medicare patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 402-408

  Schneider, Eric B ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a   Hyder, Omar ^a   Efron, Jonathan E ^a   Lidor, Anne O ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Disparities; Race; SEER Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTUM; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875269824     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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