Association between the affordable care act dependent coverage expansion and cervical cancer stage and treatment in young women

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 2189-2191

  Robbins, Anthony S ^a   Han, Xuesong ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Simard, Edgar P ^b   Zheng, Zhiyuan ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR INVASION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS SURGERY; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSURANCE; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948156487     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.10546     Document Type: Letter

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