Trends in hospital volume and patterns of referral for women with gynecologic cancers

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1217-1225

  Wright, Jason D ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^b   Lewin, Sharyn N ^b   Lu, Yu Shiang ^b   Herzog, Thomas J ^b   Hershman, Dawn L ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKET; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84879074096     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31828ec686     Document Type: Article

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