Insurance status and racial disparities in cancer-specific mortality in the United States: A population-based analysis

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 869-875

  Pan, Hubert Y ^a   Walker, Gary V ^b   Grant, Stephen R ^a   Allen, Pamela K ^a   Jiang, Jing ^a   Guadagnolo, B Ashleigh ^a   Smith, Benjamin D ^a   Koshy, Matthew ^c   Rusthoven, Chad G ^d   Mahmood, Usama ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BANNER MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLID MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; UNITED STATES; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016323435     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0976     Document Type: Article

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