Persistent racial and ethnic disparities in up-to-date colorectal cancer testing in medicare enrollees

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-418

  Fenton, Joshua J ^a,c   Tancredi, Daniel J ^b,c   Green, Pamela ^d   Franks, Peter ^a,c   Baldwin, Laura Mae ^d  

^a Department of Family ^*  (United States)

^b West Indies

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Mass screening; Medicare utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; RURAL POPULATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 61449113057     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02143.x     Document Type: Article

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