Erratum: Risk adjusting survival outcomes in hospitals that treat patients with cancer without information on cancer stage (JAMA Oncology (2015) DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.3151);Risk adjusting survival outcomes in hospitals that treat patients with cancer without information on cancer stage

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1303-1310

  Pfister, David G ^a   Rubin, David M ^a   Elkin, Elena B ^a   Neill, Ushma S ^a   Duck, Elaine ^a   Radzyner, Mark ^a   Bach, Peter B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983471945     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5375     Document Type: Erratum

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