Equity of colorectal cancer screening: Which groups have inequitable participation and what can we do about it?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-346

  Ward, Paul R ^a   Javanparast, Sara ^a   Wilson, Carlene ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

horizontal equity; potential access; realised access; system barriers; vertical equity.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE BARRIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82155192232     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY11055     Document Type: Article

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