Examining Urban and Rural Differences in How Distance to Care Influences the Initiation and Completion of Treatment among Insured Cervical Cancer Patients

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Study examining rates of cervical cancer treatment for patients in North Carolina, focusing on the role of geographic distance in healthcare disparities. Analyzes data for insured cervical cancer patients from 2004-2013, taken from a state registry. Discusses the differences in time between diagnosis and completion of concurrent chemoradiotherapy between rural and urban patients.

Lisa Spees, Wendy Brewster, Mahesh Varia, et al.

Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 28(5), 882-889

05/2019

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Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Women · North Carolina