Challenges of rural cancer care in the United States

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Charlton, Mary ^a   Schlichting, Jennifer ^a   Chioreso, Catherine ^a   Ward, Marcia ^a   Vikas, Praveen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c McCreery Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942134686     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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