Racial/ethnic disparities in time to a breast cancer diagnosis: The mediating effects of health care facility factors

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 872-878

  Molina, Yamile ^a,b   Silva, Abigail ^c   Rauscher, Garth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Between facility effects; Breast cancer; Disparities; Multisite care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ACCREDITATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CERTIFICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CERTIFICATION; CHICAGO; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941661322     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000417     Document Type: Article

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