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What health care system delays reveal about inequalities in breast cancer medicine and global health
Author(s) -
Bright Kristin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29333
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , affect (linguistics) , health care , inequality , health equity , healthcare system , family medicine , cancer , nursing , public health , economic growth , mathematical analysis , mathematics , economics , philosophy , linguistics
Health care system delays have an impact on clinical breast cancer stage and may be associated with disparities in outcomes. To evaluate the interaction of individual, organizational, and sociopolitical factors that affect system delays and to address the associated health disparities, understanding is needed regarding how providers, patients, and researchers conceptualize delays.