Racial disparity in in-hospital mortality after lobectomy for lung cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 652-658

  Harrison, Meredith A ^a   Hegarty, Sarah E ^a   Keith, Scott W ^a   Cowan, Scott W ^a   Evans, Nathaniel R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Lung cancer; Nationwide inpatient sample; Racial disparity; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; UNITED STATES; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG RESECTION; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84925246718     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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