Laws requiring health plans to provide direct access to obstetricians and gynecologists, and use of cancer screening by women

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 990-1007

  Baker, Laurence C ^a   Chan, Jia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Managed care; State regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34247854914     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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