Disparities in the Utilization of Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer in Rural Nebraska: A Call for Placement and Training of Rural General Surgeons

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 392-400

  Gruber, Kelli ^a   Soliman, Amr S ^a   Schmid, Kendra ^a   Rettig, Bryan ^b   Ryan, June ^b,c   Watanabe Galloway, Shinobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c Nebraska Cancer Coalition   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Colon cancer; Laparoscopic colectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Rural disparities

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEBRASKA; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEBRASKA; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84943354068     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12120     Document Type: Article

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