Waiting times for cancer care in Canadian children: Impact of distance, clinical, and demographic factors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-327

  Klein Geltink, Julia E ^a   Pogany, Lisa M ^a   Barr, Ronald D ^b   Greenberg, Mark L ^c   Mery, Leslie S ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; Health care delivery; Neoplasms; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 14644427139     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20156     Document Type: Article

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