Two-year trends in cancer screening among low socioeconomic status women in an HMO-based high-deductible health plan

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1112-1119

  Wharam, J Frank ^a   Graves, Amy Johnson ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Soumerai, Stephen B ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; High deductible health plans; Vulnerable populations; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84866949376     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2057-x     Document Type: Article

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