Explaining inequalities in access to treatment in lung cancer

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-582

  Jack, Ruth H ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Ferguson, Jamie ^b   Møller, Henrik ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Lambeth PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to care; Lung cancer; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33748902965     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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