What factors influence minority use of National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers?

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 399-407

  Huang, Lyen C ^a   Ma, Yifei ^a   Ngo, Justine V ^a   Rhoads, Kim F ^a  

^a STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; colorectal cancer; health care disparities; insurance coverage; National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCESS TO CARE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED CANCER CENTERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892933477     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28413     Document Type: Article

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