Lung cancer patients in New Zealand initially present to secondary care through the emergency department rather than by referral to a respiratory specialist

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1294, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Beatty, Sarah ^a   Stevens, Wendy ^a   Stevens, Graham ^a   Kolbe, John ^a   Cox, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67049146262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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