Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in the Use of High-Volume Commission on Cancer-Accredited Hospitals for Cancer Surgery in the United States
- 15 February 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 25 (5) , 1116-1125
Abstract
Background Although major cancer surgery at a high-volume hospital is associated with lower postoperative mortality, the use of such hospitals may not be equally distributed.Keywords
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