The relation between household income and surgical outcome in the Dutch setting of equal access to and provision of healthcare

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Ultee, Klaas H J ^a   Tjeertes, Elke K M ^a   Gonçalves, Frederico Bastos ^a,b   Rouwet, Ellen V ^a   Hoofwijk, Anton G M ^c   Stolker, Robert Jan ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

^c Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CLINICAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85041002808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191464     Document Type: Article

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