Cancer stage comparison between dual medicare-medicaid eligibles using medicaid as a supplemental health insurance program and low-income nonduals

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-491

  Koroukian, Siran M ^a,b   Bakaki, Paul M ^a   Beaird, Heather ^a,c   Earle, Craig C ^d   Cooper, Gregory S ^a,e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Summit County Department of Health   (United States)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer prevention; cancer stage; disparities; dual Medicare Medicaid eligibility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053619361     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31821a3f8c     Document Type: Article

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