Geographic access to cancer care: A disparity and a solution

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1031, 2011, Pages 585-589

  Ahamad, Anesa ^a  

^a 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; ESTIMATED TRAVEL TIME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052067547     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.111930     Document Type: Article

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