Screening for colorectal cancer in a safety-net health care system: Access to care is critical and has implications for screening policy

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2373-2379

  Gupta, Samir ^a,b,c   Tong, Liyue ^b   Allison, James E ^d,e,f   Carter, Elizabeth ^b,g   Koch, Mark ^b,g   Rockey, Don C ^a   Anderson, Paula ^b   Ahn, Chul ^b,c   Argenbright, Keith ^a,b,c   Skinner, Celette Sugg ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349307395     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0344     Document Type: Article

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