Increasing 'active prevalence' of cancer in Western Australia and its implications for health services

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 164-169

  Brameld, Kate J ^a   Holman, C D’Arcy J ^a   Threlfall, Timothy J ^b   Lawrence, David M ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Health Information Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTRATION;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036319393     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00911.x     Document Type: Article

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