The influence of patient race and social vulnerability on urologist treatment recommendations in localized prostate carcinoma

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1137-1141

  Denberg, Thomas D ^a,e   Kim, Fernando J ^c   Flanigan, Robert C ^b   Fairclough, Diane ^a   Beaty, Brenda L ^b   Steiner, John F ^a   Hoffman, Richard M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Localized prostate carcinoma; Social support; Socioeconomic status; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33751337056     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000233684.27657.36     Document Type: Article

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