Racial disparities in immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy: Impact of state and federal health policy changes

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-406

  Yang, Rachel L ^a   Newman, Andrew S ^a   Reinke, Caroline E ^a   Lin, Ines C ^a   Karakousis, Giorgos C ^a   Czerniecki, Brian J ^a   Wu, Liza C ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878878099     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2607-9     Document Type: Article

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