Geographic variations in access and utilization of cancer screening services: Examining disparities among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Towne, Samuel D ^a   Smith, Matthew L ^b   Ory, Marcia G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; American Indian; Cancer; Disparities; Ecological analysis; Rural

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ELDERLY POPULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; RURAL AREA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE;

EID: 84903711329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-18     Document Type: Article

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