Racial/ethnic differences in patients' selection of surgeons and hospitals for breast cancer surgery

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 222-230

  Freedman, Rachel A ^a   Kouri, Elena M ^b   West, Dee W ^c   Keating, Nancy L ^b,d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGEONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84965093764     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.20     Document Type: Article

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