Socio-economic inequalities in patient, primary care, referral, diagnostic, and treatment intervals on the lung cancer care pathway: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Forrest, Lynne F ^a,b   Sowden, Sarah ^b   Rubin, Greg ^a,c   White, Martin ^a,b   Adams, Jean ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Interval; Lung cancer; Patient; Primary care; Referral; Socio economic inequalities; Time; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LUNG TUMOR; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907278557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-30     Document Type: Article

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