Geographic disparities in late-stage cancer diagnosis: Multilevel factors and spatial interactions

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 978-990

  Mobley, Lee R ^a   Kuo, Tzy Mey May ^c   Watson, Lisa ^b   Gordon Brown, G ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic disparities; Multilevel modeling; National cancer control policy; Spatial epidemiology; Spatial interaction; Spatial translation

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864795059     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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