Association of socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity with outcomes of patients undergoing thyroid surgery

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1173-1183

  Hauch, Adam ^a   Al Qurayshi, Zaid ^a   Friedlander, Paul ^a   Kandil, Emad ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF PAY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THYROID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919723842     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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