Racial/ethnic disparities in health care receipt among male cancer survivors

N.R.A. Palmer, A.M. Geiger, T.M. Felder, L. Lu, L.D. Case and K.E. Weaver

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 7, 1306-1313

Abstract: Objectives. We examined racial/ethnic disparities in health care receipt among a nationally representative sample of male cancer survivors. Methods. We identified men aged 18 years and older from the 2006-2010 National Health Interview Survey who reported a history of cancer. We assessed health care receipt in 4 self-reported measures: primary care visit, specialist visit, flu vaccination, and pneumococcal vaccination. We used hierarchical logistic regression modeling, stratified by age (

Keywords: influenza vaccine; Pneumococcus vaccine, adolescent; adult; age; aged; article; comparative study; cross-sectional study; ethnic group; ethnology; health care delivery; health care disparity; health care survey; human; male; middle aged; neoplasm; primary health care; race; regression analysis; risk; specialization; statistics; survivor; United States; utilization review; very elderly, Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Continental Population Groups; Cross-Sectional Studies; Ethnic Groups; Health Care Surveys; Health Services Accessibility; Healthcare Disparities; Humans; Influenza Vaccines; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Odds Ratio; Pneumococcal Vaccines; Primary Health Care; Regression Analysis; Specialization; Survivors; United States; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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