Multiplicative disadvantage of being an unmarried and inadequately insured woman living in poverty with colon cancer: Historical cohort exploration in California

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Levitz, Naomi R ^a   Haji Jama, Sundus ^b   Munro, Tonya ^a   Gorey, Kevin M ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^c   Bartfay, Emma ^d   Zou, Guangyong ^e   Wright, Frances C ^b   Kanjeekal, Sindu M ^f   Hamm, Caroline ^c   Balagurusamy, Madhan K ^a   Holowaty, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^e ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

Author keywords

California; Chemotherapy; Colon cancer; Health insurance; Marital status; Poverty; United States; Unmarried; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SINGLE WOMAN; UNITED STATES; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927765326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0166-5     Document Type: Article

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