Socio-economic disparities in access to treatment and their impact on colorectal cancer survival

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 710-717

  Lejeune, Catherine ^a,b   Sassi, Franco ^c,d   Ellis, Libby ^e   Godward, Sara ^f   Mak, Vivian ^g   Day, Matthew ^h   Rachet, Bernard ^e  

^a Chu   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Mortality; Social class

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TREATMENT; MORTALITY; PUBLIC ACCESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURVIVAL; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955751958     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq048     Document Type: Article

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