The effect of health insurance status on the treatment and outcomes of patients with colorectal cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-232

  Parikh, Alexander A ^a   Robinson, Jamie ^a   Zaydfudim, Victor M ^b   Penson, David ^c,d   Whiteside, Martin A ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adjuvant chemotherapy; colorectal cancer; disparities; health insurance; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MILITARY INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISPARITIES; HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTCOMES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84905371735     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23627     Document Type: Article

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