Commercial insurance triples chances of breast cancer survival in a public hospital

Breast Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 664-667

  Shi, Runhua ^a   Mills, Glenn ^a   McLarty, Jerry ^a   Burton, Gary ^a   Shi, Zhenzhen ^a   Glass, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; insurance; risk factors; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

BREAST CANCER; INSURANCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886801479     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12185     Document Type: Article

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