An ecological approach to monitor geographic disparities in cancer outcomes

Area-level indices are widely used to assess the impact of socio-environmental characteristics on cancer outcomes. While area-level measures of socioeconomic status (SES) have been previously used in cancer settings, fewer studies have focused on evaluating the impact of area-level health services s...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 6; p. e0218712
Main Authors:	Jayasekera, Jinani, Onukwugha, Eberechukwu, Cadham, Christopher, Harrington, Donna, Tom, Sarah, Pradel, Francoise, Naslund, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 21.06.2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Biology and Life Sciences Breast cancer Cancer Cancer diagnosis Cancer research Census of Population Censuses Clinical outcomes Counties Diagnosis Ecological studies Educational attainment Employment Environmental aspects Environmental impact Epidemiology Female Geography Health Health care Health care facilities Health services Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data Humans Incidence Indexes Lung cancer Lung diseases Male Medical diagnosis Medical personnel Medical research Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Middle Aged Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - economics Neoplasms - epidemiology Outcome Assessment, Health Care - methods Patient outcomes People and Places Pharmacy Poverty Prognosis Prostate Prostate cancer Race Researchers Scholarships & fellowships SEER Program Social class Social Environment Social Sciences Social work Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomic status Socioeconomics Surveillance United States - epidemiology Young Adult United States New York United States > US Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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