Determining the spatial heterogeneity underlying racial and ethnic differences in timely mammography screening

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gibbons, Joseph ^a   Schiaffino, Melody K ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community connection; Geographically weighted regression; Race ethnicity; Spatial heterogeneity; Timely mammograms

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; METROPOLITAN AREA; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

BLACK PERSON; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84994509010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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