Effects of access to and treatment in specialist facilities on survival from epithelial ovarian cancer in Australian women: A data linkage study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1232-1240

  Tracey, Elizabeth ^a   Hacker, Neville F ^b,c   Young, Jane ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Cause specific mortality or survival; Cox proportional hazards; Distance; Gynecological Oncology; Hospital referral; Logistic regression; Ovarian cancer; Resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906847096     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000213     Document Type: Article

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