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...

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Autores principales: Ortiz-Ortiz, Karen J., Ríos-Motta, Ruth, Marín-Centeno, Heriberto, Cruz-Correa, Marcia R., Ortiz, Ana P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333392816646670

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333392816646670

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