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Quality of Prostate Cancer Care Among Rural Men in the Veterans Health Administration

Description
Analyzes the rural and urban differences in access to oncology resources and quality of care for male veterans with prostate cancer, using the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry to identify the patients and the Rural Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes to determine patient residence.
Author(s)
Ted A. Skolarus, Stephanie Chan, Jeremy B. Shelton, et al.
Citation
Cancer, 119(20), 3629-3635
Date
10/2013
Type
Document
Tagged as
Cancer · Men · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Veterans