Does patient rurality predict quality colon cancer care?: A population-based study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-422

  Chow, Christopher J ^a   Al Refaie, Waddah B ^b   Abraham, Anasooya ^a   Markin, Abraham ^a   Zhong, Wei ^c   Rothenberger, David A ^a   Kwaan, Mary R ^a   Habermann, Elizabeth B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer specific survival; Chemotherapy; Colon cancer; Lymphadenectomy, outcomes, rurality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84988934607     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000173     Document Type: Article

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