Evaluating disparities in inpatient surgical cancer care among American Indian/Alaska Native patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 297-304

  Simianu, Vlad V ^a   Morris, Arden M ^b   Varghese, Thomas K ^a   Porter, Michael P ^c   Henderson, Jeffrey A ^d   Buchwald, Dedra S ^e   Flum, David R ^a   Javid, Sara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^d Black Hills Center for American Indian Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian Alaska Natives; Cancer; Process of care; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIVE HAWAIIAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PANCREAS CANCER; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL PATIENT; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASHINGTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA NATIVES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960194375     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.10.030     Document Type: Article

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