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Colonoscopy Access and Utilization - Rural Disparities in the Carolinas, 2001-2010

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Description
Describes the geographic distribution of colonoscopy providers, the utilization rate for colonoscopies in urban and rural populations, and the influence of the availability of colonoscopy providers on patients when seeking care in their local area for North and South Carolina using ambulatory surgery discharge data for colonoscopies from 2001-2010.
Author(s)
Jan M. Eberth, Michele Josey, Tushar Trivedi, James Hibbert, Janice C. Probst
Date
07/2016
Type
Document
Organization
Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
Tagged as
Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · North Carolina · South Carolina

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  • Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center), view details