Identification of underserved areas for urologic cancer care

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1565-1571

  Mossanen, Matthew ^a   Izard, Jason ^b   Wright, Jonathan L ^a   Harper, Jonathan D ^a   Porter, Michael P ^a,c   Daratha, Kenn B ^d   Holt, Sarah K ^a   Gore, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Veterans Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder carcinoma; health care disparities; kidney carcinoma; prostate carcinoma; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; REGIONALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

BLADDER CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATECTOMY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84899949428     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28616     Document Type: Article

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