Provider recommendation for colorectal cancer screening: Examining the role of patients' socioeconomic status and health insurance

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 207-211

  Ye, Jiali ^a   Xu, Zhiheng ^b   Aladesanmi, Oluranti ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Educational level; Income; Insurance status; Provider recommendation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349737547     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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