Absence of socioeconomic variation in survival from colorectal cancer in patients receiving surgical treatment in one health district: Cohort study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 512-517

  Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a,d   Scheridan, G F ^b   Michie, H R ^c   McElduff, P ^a   Hobbiss, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Norfolk Suffolk Strat Hlth Auth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Colorectal cancer; Health district; Socioeconomic variation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 8844242506     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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