Medicaid coverage expansion and implications for cancer disparities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S706-S712

  Choi, Seul Ki ^a   Adams, Swann Arp ^a   Eberth, Jan M ^a   Brandt, Heather M ^a   Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Tucker Seeley, Reginald D ^b   Yip, Mei Po ^c   Hébert, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84946729267     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302876     Document Type: Article

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