The joint effects of census tract poverty and geographic access on late-stage breast cancer diagnosis in 10 US States

Health and Place

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-121

  Henry, Kevin A ^a   Sherman, Recinda ^b   Farber, Steve ^c   Cockburn, Myles ^d   Goldberg, Daniel W ^e   Stroup, Antoinette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Breast cancer; Cancer stage at diagnosis; Cancer survival; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CENSUS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874574121     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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