The Andersen Model of Total Patient Delay: A systematic review of its application in cancer diagnosis

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-118

  Walter, Fiona ^a,b   Webster, Andrew ^b   Scott, Suzanne ^c   Emery, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSEN MODEL OF TOTAL PATIENT DELAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON CANCER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HEAD CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NECK CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERAPY DELAY;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84859218498     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2011.010113     Document Type: Review

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