Ambulatory care for cancer in the United States: Results from two national surveys comparing visits to physicians' offices and hospital outpatient departments

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1350-1358

  Richardson, Lisa C ^a,b   Tangka, Florence K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Mailstop K 57 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349084976     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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