Regional variation in colorectal cancer testing and geographic availability of care in a publicly insured population

Health and Place

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-123

  Wheeler, Stephanie B ^a,b   Kuo, Tzy Mey ^b   Goyal, Ravi K ^b   Meyer, Anne Marie ^b   Hassmiller Lich, Kristen ^a   Gillen, Emily M ^a   Tyree, Seth ^b   Lewis, Carmen L ^b,c   Crutchfield, Trisha M ^b   Martens, Christa E ^b   Tangka, Florence ^d   Richardson, Lisa C ^d   Pignone, Michael P ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Disabled; Medicaid; Medicare; Multilevel modeling; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISABLED PERSON; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISABLED PERSONS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904860226     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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