Multilevel examination of health disparity: The role of policy implementation in neighborhood context, in patient resources, and in healthcare facilities on later stage of breast cancer diagnosis

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 59-66

  Warnecke, Richard B ^a,b   Campbell, Richard T ^a   Vijayasiri, Ganga ^a   Barrett, Richard E ^a   Rauscher, Garth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Institute for Health Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLACK PERSON; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85059928973     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0945     Document Type: Article

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