Area-level poverty is associated with greater risk of ambulatory-care- sensitive hospitalizations in older breast cancer survivors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2180-2187

  Schootman, Mario ^a,b,d   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b   Lian, Min ^a   Deshpande, Anjali D ^b,c   Gillanders, William E ^b,d   Aft, Rebecca ^b,d,e   Sumner, Walton ^a,b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Geography; Poverty rate; Preventable hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 57149134099     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02002.x     Document Type: Article

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