Cancer screening and health system resilience: Keys to protecting and bolstering preventive services during a financial crisis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2212-2218

  Martin Moreno, Jose M ^a,b   Anttila, Ahti ^c   Von Karsa, Lawrence ^d   Alfonso Sanchez, Jose L ^a   Gorgojo, Lydia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budgets; Cancer; Economic factors; Economic recession; Financial management; Policy making; Public policy; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84865499240     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.02.060     Document Type: Article

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