An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries

AUTOR(ES)

Shugarman, Lisa R.

FONTE

American Public Health Association

RESUMO

Objectives. We tested the relationship between urban or rural residence as defined by rural–urban commuting area codes and risk of mortality in a sample of Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer.

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