Does place matter for cancer survival in Norway? A multilevel analysis of the importance of hospital affiliation and municipality socio-economic resources

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-537

  Kravdal, Øystein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distance; Education; Hospital; Income; Multilevel; Region; Socio economic; Survival; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORWAY; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; UNEMPLOYMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33745448138     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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