Socioeconomic variation in uptake of colonoscopy following a positive faecal occult blood test result: A retrospective analysis of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-771

  Morris, S ^a   Baio, G ^a   Kendall, E ^a   Von Wagner, C ^a   Wardle, J ^a   Atkin, W ^b   Halloran, S P ^c   Handley, G ^d   Logan, R F ^e   Obichere, A ^f   Rainbow, S ^g   Smith, S ^h   Snowball, J ^c   Raine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; colorectal cancer; deprivation; screening; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865418977     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.303     Document Type: Article

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