Building capacity to assess cancer care in the medicaid population in New York State

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 805-820

  Boscoe, Francis P ^a   Schrag, Deborah ^b   Chen, Kun ^b   Roohan, Patrick J ^c   Schymura, Maria J ^a  

^a New York State Cancer Registry   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer registration; Data linkage; economically disadvantaged populations; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955642020     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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