Urban–Rural Disparities in Access to Low-Dose Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening in Missouri and Illinois
Rohatgi K, Marx C, Lewis-Thames M, Liu J, Colditz G, James A. Urban–Rural Disparities in Access to Low-Dose Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening in Missouri and Illinois. Preventing Chronic Disease 2020, 17: e140. PMID: 33155970, PMCID: PMC7665516, DOI: 10.5888/pcd17.200202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer mortalityLung cancer screeningLow-dose computed tomographyCancer mortalityCancer screeningScreening accessSociodemographic characteristicsLow-dose computed tomography lung cancer screeningHigher lung cancer mortalityLDCT lung cancer screeningLow-dose computed tomography screeningHigher smoking prevalenceUrban-rural disparitiesRural areasReduce geographic disparitiesCensus block groupsLDCT screeningRural disparitiesSmoking prevalenceNonmetropolitan residentsGeographic disparitiesFormer smokersRural residentsLinear regression modelsMultiple linear regression model