Trends in regionalization of radical cystectomy in three large northeastern states from 1996 to 2009

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1663-1669

  Smaldone, Marc C ^a   Simhan, Jay ^a   Kutikov, Alexander ^a   Canter, Daniel J ^b   Starkey, Russell ^c   Zhu, Fang ^a   Nielsen, Matthew E ^d   Stitzenberg, Karyn B ^d   Greenberg, Richard E ^a   Uzzo, Robert G ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; Cystectomy; Mortality; Regionalization; Urothelial carcinoma; Volume outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CENTRALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGIONALIZATION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

CENTRALIZATION; CYSTECTOMY; MORTALITY; REGIONALIZATION; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; VOLUME-OUTCOMES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PENNSYLVANIA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84886298108     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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