The increase in cancer prevalence and hospital burden in Western Australia, 1992-2011

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Maxwell, Susannah ^a   O'Leary, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Slevin, Terry ^a,e   Moorin, Rachael ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^e Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cancer; Epidemiology; Health services; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; RESOURCE USE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; MORBIDITY; MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84924551523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-014-0033-x     Document Type: Article

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