Mapping oncology services in regional and rural Australia

C Underhill, R Bartel, D Goldstein… - Australian Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To map clinical oncology services in regional and rural Australia. Design and
setting: A self‐administered survey was sent to 161 regional hospitals administering …

[PDF][PDF] How important are out-of-pocket costs to rural patients' cancer care decisions

M Mathews, R West, S Buehler - Can J Rural Med, 2009 - srpc.ca
Objective: We examined the importance of 5 items (stage of illness, personal feelings, travel
costs, drug costs and child care costs) in the cancer treatment decisions of urban and rural …

Health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors: town and country experiences

T DiSipio - 2009 - eprints.qut.edu.au
Due to advances in detection and treatment, increasing numbers of women are diagnosed
with, and surviving, breast cancer each year, making women with breast cancer one of the …

The experiences of rural and remote family palliative caregivers who commute with a family member for advanced cancer care at an urban center

SJ Lockie - 2009 - open.library.ubc.ca
Commuting for advanced cancer care represents an important option for rural families who
require palliative care. Few studies have focused on the experience of traveling for cancer …

People with cancer from rural areas undergoing treatment in metropolitan hospitals: rural-urban differentials and the impact of cancer treatment.

K Cameron - 2009 - digital.library.adelaide.edu.au
Discrepancies in health outcomes between rural and urban populations are well
documented in broad health categories but less clear in relation to cancer care and …