Cancer stage at diagnosis and survival among persons with social security disability insurance on medicare

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 611-628

  McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Ngo, Long H ^a   Chirikos, Thomas N ^b   Roetzheim, Richard G ^b   Li, Donglin ^a   Drews, Reed E ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survival; Disability; Disparities; SEER Medicare; SSDI; Stage of cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947186347     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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