Disparities in medical care among commercially insured patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer: Opportunities for intervention

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Short, Louise J ^a   Fisher, Maxine D ^a   Wahl, Peter M ^a   Kelly, Monique B ^a   Lawless, Grant D ^b   White, Sandra ^c   Rodriguez, Nancy A ^d   Willey, Vincent J ^a   Brawley, Otis W ^e  

^a HEALTHCORE INC   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

^d Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Healthcare disparities; Physician's practice patterns; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXEMESTANE; FULVESTRANT; GROWTH FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID; LETROZOLE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TOREMIFENE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74549121913     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24691     Document Type: Article

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