کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10502623 945477 2012 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Geographic disparities in late-stage cancer diagnosis: Multilevel factors and spatial interactions
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Geographic disparities in late-stage cancer diagnosis: Multilevel factors and spatial interactions
چکیده انگلیسی
In 2009 in the United States, breast cancer was the most common cancer in women, and colorectal cancer was the third most common cancer in both men and women. Currently, over 40% of these cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage, which results in higher morbidity and mortality than would obtain with optimal cancer screening utilization. To provide information that might improve these cancer outcomes we use spatial analysis to answer questions related to both Why and Where disparities in late-stage cancer diagnoses are observed. In examining Why, we include state level characteristics reflecting characteristics of states' cancer control planning, insurance markets and managed care environments to help model the spatial heterogeneity from place to place. To answer questions related to Where disparities are observed, we generate county level predictions of late-stage cancer rates from a random-intercept multilevel model estimated on the population data from 11 pooled SEER Registries. The findings allow for comparisons across states that reveal logical starting points for a national effort to control cancer.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Health & Place - Volume 18, Issue 5, September 2012, Pages 978-990
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