Cancer diagnosed by emergency admission in England: An observational study using the general practice research database

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tsang, Carmen ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Emergency admissions; Patient records; Primary care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883230149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-308     Document Type: Article

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