Travelling all over the countryside: Travel-related burden and financial difficulties reported by cancer patients in New South Wales and Victoria

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 298-305

  Zucca, Alison ^a   Boyes, Allison ^a   Newling, Graham ^b   Hall, Alix ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Needs assessment; Oncology; Rural and remote; Service access

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENTS; TRAVEL; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855192737     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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