Socio-economic disparities in access to treatment and their impact on colorectal cancer survival
Author(s) -
Catherine Lejeune,
Franco Sassi,
Libby Ellis,
Sara Godward,
V. Mak,
Marc Day,
Bernard Rachet
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyq048
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , colorectal cancer , hazard ratio , odds ratio , population , demography , cancer , environmental health , sociology
Significant socio-economic disparities have been reported in survival from colorectal cancer in a number of countries, which remain largely unexplained. We assessed whether possible differences in access to treatment among socio-economic groups may contribute to those disparities, using a population-based approach.
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