Multiple barriers delay care among women with abnormal cancer screening despite patient navigation

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-36

  Ramachandran, Ambili ^a   Freund, Karen M ^b   Bak, Sharon M ^a   Heeren, Timothy C ^c   Chen, Clara A ^c   Battaglia, Tracy A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE BARRIER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; THERAPY DELAY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84921644693     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4869     Document Type: Article

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