Hospital volume differences and five-year survival from breast cancer.
Am J Public Health
; 88(3): 454-7, 1998 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9518982
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of hospital volume on long-term survival for women with breast cancer.METHODS:
Survival analysis and proportional-hazard modeling were used to assess 5-year survival and risk of death, adjusting for clinical and sociodemographic variables.RESULTS:
At 5 years, patients from very low-volume hospitals had a 60% greater risk of all-cause mortality than patients from high-volume hospitals.CONCLUSIONS:
Hospital volume of breast cancer surgical cases has a strong positive effect on 5-year survival. Research is needed to identify whether processes of care, especially postsurgical adjuvant treatments, contribute to survival differences.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Mama
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Hospitais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article