Transportation - A vehicle or roadblock to cancer care for VA patients with colorectal cancer?

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-65

  Zullig, Leah L ^a,b   Jackson, George L ^a,c   Provenzale, Dawn ^a,c   Griffin, Joan M ^d,e   Phelan, Sean ^d,e   Van Ryn, Michelle ^e  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Colorectal neoplasms; Health services research; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84861543021     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: 19380674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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