Accessibility as a major determinant of radiotherapy underutilization: A population based study

Health Policy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-491

  Pagano, Eva ^a   Di Cuonzo, Daniela ^a   Bona, Cristina ^b   Baldi, Ileana ^a   Gabriele, Pietro ^b   Ricardi, Umberto ^a   Rotta, Paolo ^c   Bertetto, Oscar ^d   Appiano, Silvana ^e   Merletti, Franco ^a   Segnan, Nereo ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile di Asti   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Ospedale S Giovanni Battista ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care surveys; Health services accessibility; Needs assessment; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33846387101     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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