Association between patient and general practice characteristics and unplanned first-time admissions for cancer: Observational study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1213-1219

  Bottle, A ^a   Tsang, C ^a   Parsons, C ^b   Majeed, A ^a   Soljak, M ^a   Aylin, P ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Hospital admissions; Primary care; Socio economic deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867401715     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.320     Document Type: Article

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