Trends and inequities in colorectal cancer screening participation in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2011

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 946-956

  Honein AbouHaidar, Gladys N ^a,b   Baxter, Nancy N ^a,b,f,g   Moineddin, Rahim ^c,f   Urbach, David R ^d,f,g   Rabeneck, Linda ^c,e,f,h   Bierman, Arlene S ^b,f,g,i  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h Canada   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equity in screening participation; Health services research; Mass screening utilization; Program evaluation; Secondary data analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION DISCHARGE ABSTRACT DATABASE; CCC; CIHI-DAD; COLON CANCER CHECK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRC; EQUITY IN SCREENING PARTICIPATION; FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; FOBT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ICES; INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES; MASS SCREENING UTILIZATION; OCR; OHIP; ONTARIO CANCER REGISTRY DATABASE; ONTARIO HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN DATABASE; PCCF+; POSTAL CONVERSION FILE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTERED PERSONS DATABASE; RPDB; SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS;

AGED; CANADA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888287251     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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