Association of socioeconomic and practical unmet needs with self-reported nonadherence to cancer treatment appointments in low-income Latino and Black cancer patients

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 118-128

  Costas Muniz, Rosario ^a   Leng, Jennifer ^a   Aragones, Abraham ^a   Ramirez, Julia ^a   Roberts, Nicole ^a   Mujawar, Mohammed Imran ^a   Gany, Francesca ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; Blacks; cancer; immigrant health; Latinos; unmet needs

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SURVIVAL;

LATIN AMERICA;

ADULT; AGED; BLACK PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84954077977     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2015.1034658     Document Type: Article

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