The association of socioeconomic status and access to low-volume service providers in breast cancer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Chang, Chun Ming ^a,c   Yin, Wen Yao ^a,c   Wei, Chang Kuo ^a,c   Lin, Chun Hung ^a,c   Huang, Kuang Yung ^a,c   Lin, Shih Pin ^a,c   Lee, Cheng Hung ^a,c   Chou, Pesus ^b   Lee, Ching Chih ^a,c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGEON; TAIWAN;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84891605985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081801     Document Type: Article

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