Correlates of late stage breast cancer and death in a medicaid-insured population

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-515

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Given, Charles W ^b   Roberts, Caralee ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Roberts Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Medicaid; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; BREAST TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642339247     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0714     Document Type: Article

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