Race/ethnicity and socio-economic differences in colorectal cancer surgery outcomes: Analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample

BMC Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Akinyemiju, Tomi ^a   Meng, Qingrui ^a   Vin Raviv, Neomi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84985004040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2738-7     Document Type: Article

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