Type of Health Care Coverage and the Likelihood of Being Screened for Cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 636-645

  Gordon, Nancy P ^a   Rundall, Thomas G ^b   Parker, Laurence ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Cancer screening; Cervical cancer screening; Colorectal cancer screening; Health care delivery; Health maintenance organizations; Mammography; Pap smear; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT CARE; RECTOSCOPY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; PROCTOSCOPY; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032063610     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199805000-00004     Document Type: Article

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