Barriers to cancer screening among medical aid program recipients in the Republic of Korea: A qualitative study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 589-594

  Lee, Yoon Young ^a   Jun, Jae Kwan ^a   Suh, Mina ^a   Park, BoYoung ^a   Kim, Yeol ^a   Choi, Kui Son ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Barrier; Cancer screening; Participation rate; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894684656     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.2.589     Document Type: Article

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