Determinants of NCI cancer center attendance in medicare patients with lung, breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-210

  Onega, Tracy ^a,b,c   Duell, Eric J ^a,b,c,e   Shi, Xun ^d   Demidenko, Eugene ^b,c   Goodman, David ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Attendance; Cancer centers; Determinants; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58649107115     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0863-y     Document Type: Article

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