Website Search Results for: cancer
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Date: Jul 2024
Analyzed 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data to identify rural and urban differences in discussions of cancer survivorship care with their healthcare provider. Includes rural and urban comparisons of predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with survivorship care discussions.
...Cancer Survivorship Care Needs: Are There Rural Versus Urban Inequities? --- Analyzed 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel...
Date: Dec 2024
Examines access to cancer care at accredited hospitals in Pennsylvania due to expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Analyzes patient characteristics before and after ACA implementation, with breakdowns according to sex, age, race/ethnicity, area deprivation, and urban, large town, small town, or rural location, among other characteristics. Provides commentary on ACA impacts for patients in nonurban areas.
...Cancer Treatment --- Examines access to cancer care at accredited hospitals in Pennsylvania due to expanded...
Date: 2014
Discusses the effects of an intervention delivered by community health workers (CHWs), or Promotores de Salud, on cervical cancer screening rates for Hispanic women in the rural border area of New Mexico who were out of compliance with the recommended screening guidelines.
...Cancer Screening in the United States - Mexico Border Region --- Discusses the effects of an intervention...
Date: Jan 2023
Examines estimated travel time for various populations to access pediatric cancer care in the United States. Analyzes data from more than 90 million children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) extracted from 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Includes demographic breakdowns of median travel time by race/ethnicity, age, health insurance status, area deprivation index (ADI), U.S. region, and urban, large town, small town, or rural location. Provides maps that show travel time from population centroids of U.S. ZIP code tabulation areas as well as per capita pediatric oncologist supply by Census division and state.
...Cancer Care in the US --- Examines estimated travel time for various populations to access pediatric...
Date: Jul 2024
Examines lifestyle behaviors, healthcare access, quality of life, and psychological distress among 188 rural and 242 urban cancer survivors. Discusses rural-urban differences in obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, factors influencing access to care, and more.
...Cancer Survivors --- Examines lifestyle behaviors, healthcare access, quality of life, and psychological distress among 188 rural...
Date: Oct 2013
Describes a study of correlations between levels of health literacy and urbanicity based on a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients in Wisconsin. Compares data from rural and urban populations and controls for socioeconomic status.
...Cancer Patients --- Describes a study of correlations between levels of health literacy and urbanicity based...
Date: Mar 2013
Examines if disparities exist between rural and urban residents receiving prostate cancer treatment. Includes statistics for treatment types by age at diagnosis, race/ethnicity, comorbidities, insurance, and rurality.
...Cancer: Examining Trends in Rural and Nonrural Areas in Wisconsin --- Examines if disparities exist between...
Date: May 2013
Compares the effects of rural versus urban residence, travel time to colonoscopy providers, and other geographic factors on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and adherence to CRC screening in Utah. Figure 1 illustrates travel time to the nearest colonoscopy provider and Table 1 lists the demographic characteristics by rural versus urban residence.
...Cancer Screening --- Compares the effects of rural versus urban residence, travel time to colonoscopy providers...
Date: Jul 2026
Examines how satisfaction with lung cancer screening varied among rural and nonrural veterans receiving care at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers between 2018 and 2021, using survey data of 689 veterans. Includes data on how other demographic and clinical factors, including smoking status, influence satisfaction with care.
...Cancer Screening Care: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation --- Examines how satisfaction with lung cancer screening varied...
Date: Nov 2020
Compares the surgeries of 1,003 rural and urban women between 18 and 89 with ovarian cancer between 2010 and 2012 in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa with particular focus on access to gynecologic oncologist specialists. Discusses referral practices, distances to specialists, and outcomes of surgeries with specialists compared to non-specialists.
...Cancer Patients --- Compares the surgeries of 1,003 rural and urban women between 18 and 89 with...