Primary uterine cancer in maryland impact of distance on access to surgical care at high-volume hospitals

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1244-1251

  Gunderson, Camille C ^a   Tergas, Ana I ^b   Fleury, Aimee C ^c   Diaz Montes, Teresa P ^b   Giuntoli II, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Women's Cancer Center of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Endometrial cancer; Maryland; Primary surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884528276     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31829ea002     Document Type: Article

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