Access to cancer services for rural colorectal cancer patients

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-399

  Baldwin, Laura Mae ^a   Cai, Yong ^b   Larson, Eric H ^c   Dobie, Sharon A ^a   Wright, George E ^f   Goodman, David C ^d   Matthews, Barbara ^a   Hart, L Gary ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEER PROGRAM; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 52949138324     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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