Emergency Presentation and Short-Term Survival Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer Enrolled in the Government Health Plan of Puerto Rico
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 cancer...
Main Authors: | Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Ruth Ríos-Motta, Heriberto Marín-Centeno, Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, Ana P. Ortiz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-05-01
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Series: | Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333392816646670 |
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