Differences in the survival of gastric cancer patients after gastrectomy according to the medical insurance status

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Jang, Jae Seong ^a   Shin, Dong Gue ^a   Cho, Hye Min ^a   Kwon, Yujin ^a   Cho, Dong Hui ^a   Lee, Kyung Bok ^a   Park, Sang Soo ^a   Yoon, Jin ^a   Jang, Yong Seog ^a   Kim, Il Myung ^b  

^a Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Stomach neoplasms; Survival

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KOREA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PANCREAS FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84891652369     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2013.13.4.247     Document Type: Article

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