The impact of patient navigation on the delivery of diagnostic breast cancer care in the National Patient Navigation Research Program: a prospective meta-analysis

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 523-534

  Battaglia, Tracy A ^a   Darnell, Julie S ^b   Ko, Naomi ^a   Snyder, Fred ^c   Paskett, Electra D ^d   Wells, Kristen J ^e   Whitley, Elizabeth M ^f   Griggs, Jennifer J ^g   Karnad, Anand ^h   Young, Heather ⁱ   Warren Mears, Victoria ^j   Simon, Melissa A ^k   Calhoun, Elizabeth ^l  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NOVA Research Company   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Care delivery; Disparities; Patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); BREAST TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84978653677     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3887-8     Document Type: Article

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