Primary care physician characteristics associated with cancer screening: A retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Cancer Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-223

  Lofters, Aisha K ^a,b,c   Ng, Ryan ^d   Lobb, Rebecca ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e MO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Immigrant health; Primary care; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BARIUM ENEMA; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OCCULT BLOOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WESTERN EUROPE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIGRANT; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84964694264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.358     Document Type: Article

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