Timely surgical follow-up for melanoma among medicare beneficiaries

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 741-

  Lin, Elaine ^a   Brewer, Jerry D ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COOPERATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; TEAMWORK; THERAPY DELAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84937564548     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0559     Document Type: Note

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