Having health insurance does not eliminate race/ethnicity-associated delays in breast cancer diagnosis in the District of Columbia

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3824-3832

  Hoffman, Heather J ^a,b   Laverda, Nancy L ^b   Levine, Paul H ^a,b   Young, Heather A ^a,b   Alexander, Lisa M ^b   Patierno, Steven R ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; disparities; ethnicity; health insurance; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051549220     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25970     Document Type: Article

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