Colonoscopist and primary care physician supply and disparities in colorectal cancer screening

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 1, 2012, Pages 1137-1157

  Benarroch Gampel, Jaime ^a   Sheffield, Kristin M ^a   Lin, Yu Li ^b   Kuo, Yong Fang ^b   Goodwin, James S ^b   Riall, Taylor S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening tests; colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; health care disparities; primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861198954     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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