National disparities in laparoscopic colorectal procedures for colon cancer

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-57

  AlNasser, Monirah ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Gearhart, Susan L ^a   Wick, Elizabeth C ^a   Fang, Sandy H ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a,b   Efron, Jonathan E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Race; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ICD-9; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892989041     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3160-8     Document Type: Article

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