Emergency Presentation and Short-Term Survival Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer Enrolled in the Government Health Plan of Puerto Rico

• Main Authors: Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz (Author), Ruth Ríos-Motta (Author), Heriberto Marín-Centeno (Author), Marcia R. Cruz-Correa (Author), Ana P. Ortiz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: In this study, we examine factors associated with the use of the emergency room (ER) as an entry point into the health-care system to initiate a cancer diagnosis among Puerto Rico's Government Health Plan (GHP) patients and compare the 1-year survival of GHP patients that initiated c...