Primary care physicians and disparities in colorectal cancer screening in the elderly

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-113

  Singal, Ashwani K ^a   Lin, Yu Li ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Riall, Taylor ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; disparities; Medicare; primary care physician; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872268967     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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