Timely care after an abnormal mammogram among low-income women in a public breast cancer screening program

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-528

  Lobb, Rebecca ^a,e   Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b   Ayanian, John Z ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951012685     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.22     Document Type: Article

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