Using funnel plots to explore variation in cancer mortality across primary care trusts in South-East England

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Davies, Elizabeth ^a   Mak, Vivian ^a   Ferguson, Jamie ^b   Conaty, Stephen ^c   Møller, Henrik ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Lambeth Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WALES;

EID: 54249099543     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn044     Document Type: Article

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