Association of insurance with cancer care utilization and outcomes

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-31

  Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Halpern, Michael ^a   Schrag, Nicole ^a   Cokkinides, Vilma ^a   DeSantis, Carol ^a   Bandi, Priti ^a   Siegel, Rebecca ^a   Stewart, Andrew ^b   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349138848     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/CA.2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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