Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening is likely to require more than access to care

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2747-2754

  Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Pagán, José A ^b   Chen, Li Wu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871863196     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1290     Document Type: Article

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