Unequal access to breast-conserving surgery in Western Australia 1982-2000

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 413-419

  Hall, Sonĵa E ^a   Holman, C D J ^a   Hendrie, Delia V ^a   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast conserving surgery; Locational disadvantage; Private health insurance; Record linkage; Social disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3042739471     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03020.x     Document Type: Article

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