Ethnicity and management of colon cancer in New Zealand: Do indigenous patients get a worse deal?

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3205-3214

  Hill, Sarah ^a,b,c   Sarfati, Diana ^b   Blakely, Tony ^b   Robson, Bridget ^b   Purdie, Gordon ^b   Dennett, Elizabeth ^b   Cormack, Donna ^b   Dew, Kevin ^b,d   Ayanian, John Z ^e,f   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms; Delivery of healthcare; Ethnic groups; Indigenous populations; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE MANAGEMENT; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY DELAY;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77954287883     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25127     Document Type: Article

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