Cost-effectiveness of detecting breast cancer in lower socioeconomic status African American and hispanic women through mobile mammography services

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-115

  Schweitzer, Maurice E ^a   French, Michael T ^a   Ullmann, Steven G ^a   McCoy, Clyde B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; POVERTY;

EID: 0031860612     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879805500106     Document Type: Article

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