The inverse equity hypothesis: Does it apply to coverage of cancer screening in middle-income countries?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-155

  Lee, John Tayu ^a   Huang, Zhilian ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INCOME; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUSSIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84922630932     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204355     Document Type: Article

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