Determinants of delayed detection of cancers in Texas Counties in the United States of America

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gong, Gordon ^a   Belasco, Eric ^b   Hargrave, Kristopher A ^a   Lyford, Conrad P ^c   Philips Jr , Billy U ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deprivation; Early detection; Socioeconomic; Wellbeing index

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CENSUS; DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH INSURANCE; LIVING STANDARD; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WELLBEING INDEX;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY AREAS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861468876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-29     Document Type: Article

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