Geographic access to gynecologic cancer care in the United States

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-120

  Shalowitz, David I ^a   Vinograd, Alexandra M ^b   Giuntoli, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access disparities; Cancer care delivery; Health services research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937191274     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.04.025     Document Type: Article

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