Avoidable deaths and random variation in patients' survival

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1846-1849

  Seppa K ^a,b   Hakulinen, T ^a   Laara E ^b  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

avoidable deaths; competing risks; confidence interval; random error; regional variation; relative survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861455257     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.169     Document Type: Article

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