Early diffusion of gene expression profiling in breast cancer patients associated with areas of high income inequality

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 609-615

  Ponce, Ninez A ^a   Ko, Michelle ^b   Liang, Su Ying ^c   Armstrong, Joanne ^d   Toscano, Michele ^d   Chanfreau Coffinier, Catherine ^a   Haas, Jennifer S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AETNA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POVERTY; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929625179     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1013     Document Type: Article

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