Rural-urban differences in the association between individual, facility, and clinical characteristics and travel time for cancer treatment
Abstract Background Greater travel time to cancer care has been identified as a potential barrier to care as well as associated with worse health outcomes. While rural cancer patients have been shown to travel farther for care, it is not known what patient, facility, and clinical characteristics may...
Main Authors: | Joel E. Segel, Eugene J. Lengerich |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8282-z |
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