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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz (लेखक), Ruth Ríos-Motta (लेखक), Heriberto Marín-Centeno (लेखक), Marcia R. Cruz-Correa (लेखक), Ana P. Ortiz (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SAGE Publishing, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...