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Patients’ pathways to cancer care in Tanzania: documenting and addressing social inequalities in reaching a cancer diagnosis

BACKGROUND: This article investigates the extent and sources of late diagnosis of cancer in Tanzania, demonstrating how delayed diagnosis was patterned by inequities rooted in patients’ socio-economic background and by health system responses. It provides evidence to guide equity-focused policies to...

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Autores principales:	Makene, Fortunata Songora, Ngilangwa, Richard, Santos, Cristina, Cross, Charlotte, Ngoma, Twalib, Mujinja, Phares G. M., Wuyts, Marc, Mackintosh, Maureen
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2022
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35151290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07438-5

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