Access to chemotherapy services by availability of local and visiting oncologists

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-31

  Ward, Marcia M ^a   Ullrich, Fred ^a   Matthews, Kevin ^a   Rushton, Gerard ^a   Tracy, Roger ^a   Bajorin, Dean F ^a   Goldstein, Michael A ^a   Kosty, Michael P ^a   Bruinooge, Suanna S ^a   Hanley, Amy ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOLOGIST; RURAL POPULATION; TRAVEL; TUMOR INVASION; ADOLESCENT; CAR; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899962682     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2013.001217     Document Type: Article

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