Effect of insurance status on the stage of breast and colorectal cancers in a safety-net hospital

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2012, Pages

  Farkas, Daniel T ^a   Greenbaum, Arieh ^a   Singhal, Vinay ^a   Cosgrove, John M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864405532     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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