The role of patient navigators in eliminating health disparities

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 15, 2011, Pages 3541-3550

  Natale Pereira, Ana ^a   Enard, Kimberly R ^b   Nevarez, Lucinda ^b   Jones, Lovell A ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health care disparities; health care reform; outcome measures; patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PATIENT NAVIGATOR; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052935789     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26264     Document Type: Article

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