How do integrated health care systems address racial and ethnic disparities in colon cancer?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 854-860

  Rhoads, Kim F ^a,b   Patel, Manali I ^b   Ma, Yifei ^a,b   Schmidt, Laura A ^c  

^a STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; CALIFORNIA; COLON TUMOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924873965     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.56.8642     Document Type: Article

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