Socio-economic variation in CT scanning in Northern England, 1990-2002

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pearce, Mark S ^a   Salotti, Jane A ^a   McHugh, Kieran ^b   Pyo Kim, Kwang ^c   Craft, Alan W ^a   Lubin, Jay ^d   Ron, Elaine ^d   Parker, Louise ^e,f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Cancer Care Nova Scotia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compute Tomography Examination; Compute Tomography Scan; High Radiation Dose; Radiology Information System

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84856173405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-24     Document Type: Article

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