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Are inequalities in cancer diagnosis through emergency presentation narrowing, widening or remaining unchanged? Longitudinal analysis of English population-based data 2006–2013

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of cancer through emergency presentation is associated with poorer prognosis. While reductions in emergency presentations have been described, whether known sociodemographic inequalities are changing is uncertain. METHODS: We analysed ‘Routes to Diagnosis’ data on patients aged...

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Autores principales: Herbert, Annie, Abel, Gary A, Winters, Sam, McPhail, Sean, Elliss-Brookes, Lucy, Lyratzopoulos, Georgios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30409920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210371