An exploration of urban and rural differences in lung cancer survival among medicare beneficiaries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1280-1287

  Shugarman, Lisa R ^a   Sorbero, Melony E S ^a   Tian, Haijun ^b   Jain, Arvind K ^a   Ashwood, J Scott ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LUNG TUMOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45549089417     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.099416     Document Type: Article

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