Journal article
Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization
Abstract
Health insurance is associated with increased utilization of cancer screening services. Data on breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screening were abstracted from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System. This data in brief includes two sets of analyses: (i) the use of cancer screening in individuals within the low-income bracket and (ii) determinants for each of the three approaches to colorectal cancer screening (fecal …
Authors
Meyer CP; Allard CB; Sammon JD; Hanske J; McNabb-Baltar J; Goldberg JE; Reznor G; Lipsitz SR; Choueiri TK; Nguyen PL
Journal
Data in Brief, Vol. 7, , pp. 679–681
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.dib.2016.02.049
ISSN
2213-5960