Social variations in access to hospital care for patients with colorectal, breast, and lung cancer between 1999 and 2006: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7741, 2010, Pages 302-

  Raine, Rosalind ^a   Wong, Wun ^a   Scholes, Shaun ^a   Ashton, Charlotte ^a   Obichere, Austin ^a   Ambler, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76149106885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b5479     Document Type: Article

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