Disparities in selective referral for cancer surgeries: Implications for the current healthcare delivery system

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sun, Maxine ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a   Sammon, Jesse D ^b   Sukumar, Shyam ^b   Gervais, Mai Kim ^a   Nguyen, Paul L ^c   Choueiri, Toni K ^d   Menon, Mani ^b   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCOME; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE INSURANCE; PROSTATECTOMY; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE REFERRAL; ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH EQUITY; HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897492254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003921     Document Type: Article

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