Influence of place of residence in access to specialized cancer care for African Americans

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-19

  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 Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Access to health care; African Americans; Cancer care facilities; Health services accessibility; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649102793     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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