Differences in rates of cancer screening by usual source of medical care: Data from the 1987 national health interview survey

Medical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 196-209

  Bernstein, Amy B ^a   Thompson, Grey B ^b   Harlan, Linda C ^c  

^a Prospective Payment Assessment Commission ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Health Maintenance Organizations; Health promotion; Mammography; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RECTOSCOPY; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROCTOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0026126778     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199103000-00002     Document Type: Article

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