The location of surgical care for rural patients with rectal cancer: patterns of treatment and patient perspectives | Zendy

Michelle Nostedt | Zendy; Andrew McKay | Zendy; David Hochman | Zendy; Debrah Wirtzfeld | Zendy; Clifford S. Yaffe | Zendy; Benson Yip | Zendy; Richard Silverman | Zendy; Jason Park | Zendy

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The location of surgical care for rural patients with rectal cancer: patterns of treatment and patient perspectives

Author(s) -

Michelle Nostedt,

Andrew McKay,

David Hochman,

Debrah Wirtzfeld,

Clifford S. Yaffe,

Benson Yip,

Richard Silverman,

Jason Park

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.002514

Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , referral , cancer , population , family medicine , cancer registry , medical diagnosis , rural area , general surgery , surgery , environmental health , pathology

Where cancer patients receive surgical care has implications on policy and planning and on patients' satisfaction and outcomes. We conducted a population- based analysis of where rectal cancer patients undergo surgery and a qualitative analysis of rectal cancer patients' perspectives on location of surgical care.

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