Prostate cancer: Socio-economic, geographical and private-health insurance effects on care and survival

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-58

  Hall, Sonĵa E ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Wisniewski, Z Stan ^a   Semmens, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographical; Private health insurance; Radical prostatectomy; Record linkage; Socio economic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12544253213     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05248.x     Document Type: Article

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