Cancer preventive services, socioeconomic status, and the Affordable Care Act

Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1585-1589

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a,b   Kou, Tzuyung Doug ^a   Dor, Avi ^c   Koroukian, Siran M ^b   Schluchter, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; cancer screening; colonoscopy; mammography; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACT; AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL FEE; NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009726878     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30476     Document Type: Article

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