Difficulty in reaching low-income women for screening mammography

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-57

  Hardy, Robert E ^a   Ahmed, Nasar U ^a   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^a   Semenya, Kofi A ^a   Wu, Ling ^a   Belay, Yigsaw ^b   Cebrun, Anthony J ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Hlth Prom Dis Prev and Outreach   (United States)

^c Tennessee Managed Care Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Low income; Managed care; Screening mammography; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; TELEPHONE; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0034138180     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0614     Document Type: Article

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