Socioeconomic patient characteristics predict delay in cancer diagnosis: A Danish cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hansen, Rikke Pilegaard ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b,c   Sokolowski, Ineta ^a   Søndergaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42249108858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-49     Document Type: Article

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