Open AccessRacial Disparities in Cancer Care in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the Role of Site of Care
Author(s) -
Cleo A. Samuel,
Mary Beth Landrum,
Barbara J. McNeil,
Samuel R. Bozeman,
Christina D. Williams,
Nancy L. Keating
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302079
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , odds ratio , colorectal cancer , confidence interval , cancer , lung cancer , logistic regression , stage (stratigraphy) , prostate cancer , cancer registry , health care , paleontology , biology , economics , economic growth
We assessed cancer care disparities within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system and whether between-hospital differences explained disparities.