Cancer screening among U.S. medicaid enrollees with chronic comorbidities or residing in long-term care facilities

Journal of Analytical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-106

  Halpern, Michael T ^a   Haber, Susan G ^a   Tangka, Florence K ^b   Sabatino, Susan A ^b   Howard, David H ^c   Subramanian, Sujha ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare disparities; Mass screening; Medicaid; Neoplasms; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901377218     PISSN: 19277210     EISSN: 19277229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6000/1927-7229.2013.02.02.6     Document Type: Article

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