A patient-centred approach toward surgical wait times for colon cancer: A population-based analysis

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-100

  Gillis, Amy ^a   Dixon, Matthew ^b,c   Smith, Andrew ^d   Law, Calvin ^b,d,e   Coburn, Natalie G ^b,d,e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Canada   (Canada)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLON TUMOR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900854766     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.026512     Document Type: Article

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