Avoidable tragedies: Disparities in healthcare access among medically underserved women diagnosed with cervical cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 500-505

  Ramondetta, Lois M ^a,b   Meyer, Larissa A ^a,b   Schmeler, Kathleen M ^a,b   Daheri, Maria E ^b   Gallegos, Jessica ^a,b   Scheurer, Michael ^c   Montealegre, Jane R ^c   Milbourne, Andrea ^a,b   Anderson, Matthew L ^c   Sun, Charlotte C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Disparities; Emergency care; Insurance; Safety net

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PATIENT WORRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SHAME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER STAGING; CAR; CONTROL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; TIME FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949669864     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.10.017     Document Type: Article

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