'Race' and prostate cancer mortality in equal-access healthcare systems

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1084-1088

  Graham Steed, Tisheeka ^a,b   Uchio, Edward ^c   Wells, Carolyn K ^a,b   Aslan, Mihaela ^a,b   Ko, John ^a   Concato, John ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Ethnic groups; Healthcare disparities; Prostatic neoplasms; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VETERAN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888121986     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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