Financial barriers to mammography: Who pays out-of-pocket?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-360

  Makuc, Diane M ^a   Breen, Nancy ^b   Meissner, Helen I ^b   Vernon, Sally W ^c   Cohen, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247584752     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0072     Document Type: Article

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