Quality of colorectal cancer care among veterans: A 10-year retrospective cohort

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2476-2483

  Snyder, Rebecca A ^a,b   Mainthia, Rajshri ^b   Patel, Ravi ^b   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b   Roumie, Christianne L ^a,b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METRIC SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME TO TREATMENT; VETERAN; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84905100984     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3689-3     Document Type: Article

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