Efficiency of colorectal cancer care among veterans: Analysis of treatment wait times at veterans affairs medical centers

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Merkow, Ryan P ^b   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^b   Sherman, Karen L ^b   McCarter, Martin D ^b   Gordon, Howard S ^b   Bentrem, David J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; VETERAN; WAITING ROOM;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 84887101464     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2012.000738     Document Type: Article

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