Impact of payer status on treatment of cervical cancer at a tertiary referral center

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-327

  Levinson, Kimberly L ^a   Bristow, Robert E ^b   Donohue, Pamela K ^a,c   Kanarek, Norma F ^a   Trimble, Cornelia L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cervical cancer; Insurance status; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80955178372     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.04.038     Document Type: Article

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