Treatment patterns among colorectal cancer patients in South Australia: A demonstration of the utility of population-based data linkage

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 467-477

  Beckmann, Kerri R ^a   Bennett, Alice ^b   Young, Graeme P ^b   Roder, David M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

colorectal neoplasm; disparities; health services research; patterns of care; record linkage

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903982787     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12183     Document Type: Article

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