Receipt of Regular Primary Care and Early Cancer Detection in Appalachia

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 269-281

  Camacho, Fabian ^a   Hwang, Wenke ^a   Kern, Teresa ^a   Anderson, Roger T ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health services research; Medical care; Rural; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPALACHIAN REGION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84934286944     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12097     Document Type: Article

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