Associating insurance status with cancer stage at diagnosis

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-191

  Virnig, Beth A ^a  

^a Department of Health Management and Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749127188     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70043-3     Document Type: Letter

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