Racial disparities in cancer care in the veterans affairs health care system and the role of site of care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2014, Pages

  Samuel, Cleo A ^a   Landrum, Mary Beth ^a   McNeil, Barbara J ^a   Bozeman, Samuel R ^b   Williams, Christina D ^c   Keating, Nancy L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84906088574     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302079     Document Type: Article

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