Patient characteristics and hospital quality for colorectal cancer surgery
- 25 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal for Quality in Health Care
- Vol. 19 (1) , 11-20
- https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzl047
Abstract
Objective. To assess associations of patient characteristics with quality-related characteristics of the hospitals where they were treated for colorectal cancer and the role of these associations in disparities in treatment quality affecting vulnerable patient groups or variations across health plans.Keywords
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