Trends in immediate breast reconstruction across insurance groups after enactment of breast cancer legislation

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2462-2468

  Yang, Rachel L ^a   Newman, Andrew S ^a   Lin, Ines C ^a   Reinke, Caroline E ^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

breast cancer; breast reconstruction; disparities; health policy; insurance; mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879085076     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28050     Document Type: Article

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