Breast cancer stage at diagnosis in relation to duration of medicaid enrollment

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1224-1233

  Perkins, Carin I ^a   Wright, William E ^a   Allen, Mark ^b   Samuels, Steven J ^c   Romano, Patrick S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Breast neoplasms; Diagnosis stage; Health insurance; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035512179     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200111000-00009     Document Type: Article

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