Access to medical care: How do women in Canada and the United States compare?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 345-347

  Buhr, Karen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Preventive care; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84876712289     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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