Treatment patterns and survival among low-income medicaid patients with head and neck cancer

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 489-495

  Subramanian, Sujha ^a   Chen, Amy ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878216108     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.2549     Document Type: Article

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