Are there regional differences in gynecologic cancer outcomes in the context of a single-payer, publicly-funded health care system?: A population-based study?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-226

  Kwon, Janice S ^a   Carey, Mark S ^b   Cook, E Francis ^c   Qiu, Feng ^d   Paszat, Lawrence F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Endometrial neoplasms; Local health integration networks (LHINs); Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; UTERUS CANCER;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46149107879     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405478     Document Type: Article

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