The association of ambulatory care with breast cancer stage at diagnosis among medicare beneficiaries

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-44

  Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Landrum, Mary Beth ^b   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b,d   Winer, Eric P ^c   Guadagnoli, Edward ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Medicare; Outpatient care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13944276667     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.40079.x     Document Type: Article

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