Is Distance to provider a barrier to care for medicaid patients with breast, colorectal, or lung cancer?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Scoggins, John F ^a   Fedorenko, Catherine R ^a   Donahue, Sara M A ^b   Buchwald, Dedra ^b   Blough, David K ^b   Ramsey, Scott D ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cancer; Distance; Health services research; Insurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855323454     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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