Role of patient race/ethnicity, insurance and age on pap smear compliance across ten community health centers in Florida

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Cook, Nicole ^a   Kobetz, Erin ^b,c   Reis, Isildinha ^b,c   Fleming, Lora ^c   Loer Martin, D ^a   Amofah, Saint Anthony ^a,d  

^a Health Choice Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Community Health of South Florida Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Disparity; Ethnicity; Insurance; Pap smears; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952652001     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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