Aggressiveness of intensive care use among patients with lung cancer in the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results-medicare registry

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 916-923

  Cooke, Colin R ^a   Feemster, Laura C ^b   Wiener, Renda Soylemez ^c,d   O'Neil, Maya E ^e   Slatore, Christopher G ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907938298     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0477     Document Type: Article

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