Effect of insurance payer status on the surgical treatment of early stage breast cancer: Data analysis from a single health system

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 570-572

  Adepoju, Linda ^a   Wanjiku, Stephen ^b   Brown, Megan ^b   Qu, Weikai ^a   Williams, Mallory ^a   Redfern, Roberta E ^b   Sferra, Joseph J ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879373960     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.61     Document Type: Review

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