Screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specfic antigen test, United States, 2002 /

This Statistical Brief examines data from the Household Component of the 2002 Medical Panel Expenditure Survey (MEPS-HC) on screening for prostate cancer with the PSA test for men ages 50 and older, by health insurance coverage status.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Erwin
Corporate Authors:	United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2004]
Series:	Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #42.
Subjects:	Prostate > Cancer. Cancer > Prevention. Prostatic Neoplasms > diagnosis > United States > Statistics. Mass Screening > United States > Statistics. Insurance, Health > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS103300

Description
Summary:	This Statistical Brief examines data from the Household Component of the 2002 Medical Panel Expenditure Survey (MEPS-HC) on screening for prostate cancer with the PSA test for men ages 50 and older, by health insurance coverage status.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 29, 2008). "September 2004." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	5 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/29/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st42/stat42.pdf ; current access available via PURL.