The association of race with timeliness of care and survival among Veterans Affairs health care system patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-163

  Zullig, Leah L ^a,b   Carpenter, William R ^b   Provenzale, Dawn T ^a,c   Weinberger, Morris ^a,b   Reeve, Bryce B ^b   Williams, Christina D ^a   Jackson, George L ^a,d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung carcinoma; Quality of health care; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERAN;

EID: 84880789030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S46688     Document Type: Article

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