Barriers to health care contribute to delays in follow-up among women with abnormal cancer screening: Data from the Patient Navigation Research Program

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 4016-4024

  Ramachandran, Ambili ^a   Snyder, Frederick R ^b   Katz, Mira L ^c   Darnell, Julie S ^d   Dudley, Donald J ^e   Patierno, Steven R ^f   Sanders, Mechelle R ^g   Valverde, Patricia A ^h   Simon, Melissa A ⁱ   Warren Mears, Victoria ^j   Battaglia, Tracy A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVA Research Company   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

barriers to care; disparities; early detection of cancer; health services research; patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84946490559     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29607     Document Type: Article

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