Targeting services to reduce social inequalities in utilisation: An analysis of breast cancer screening in New South Wales

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Birch, Stephen ^a,b   Haas, Marion ^a   Savage, Elizabeth ^a   Van Gool, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34347235107     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-12     Document Type: Article

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