Mammography facilities are accessible, so why is utilization so low?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1028

  Mobley, Lee R ^a   Kuo, Tzy Mey ^a   Clayton, Laurel J ^a   Evans, W Douglas ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community context; Comprehensive cancer control; Mammography utilization; Multilevel model; Probability model; Socio ecological factors; Spatial epidemiology; Spatial interaction model

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68849110178     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9295-1     Document Type: Article

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