Geographic access and the use of screening mammography

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Elkin, Elena B ^a   Ishill, Nicole M ^a   Snow, Jacqueline G ^a   Panageas, Katherine S ^a   Bach, Peter B ^a   Liberman, Laura ^a   Wang, Fahui ^b   Schrag, Deborah ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Breast cancer; Geographic information systems (GIS); Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950224979     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ca3ecb     Document Type: Article

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