Do HMO market level factors lead to racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening? A comparison between high-risk Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and high-risk whites

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1101-1108

  Ponce, Ninez A ^a   Huh, Soonim ^b   Bastani, Roshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Health Insurance Policy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Health care market structure; Hierarchical models; Managed care organizational structure; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 27744557377     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000182487.72429.56     Document Type: Article

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