Addressing the health disadvantage of rural populations: how does epidemiological evidence inform rural health policies and research?

KB Smith, JS Humphreys… - Australian journal of rural …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We reviewed evidence of any apparently significant 'rural‐urban'health status differentials in
developed countries, to determine whether such differentials are generic or nation‐specific …

A literature review of the use of GIS-based measures of access to health care services

G Higgs - Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 2004 - Springer
The increasing availability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in health
organisations, together with the proliferation of spatially disaggregate data, has led to a …

[PDF][PDF] Vulnerable groups and access to health care: a critical interpretive review

MD Woods, MD Kirk, MS Agarwal, E Annandale… - … coordinating centre NHS …, 2005 - Citeseer
The literature in the area of access to health care is large, diverse, and complex. It includes
empirical work using both qualitative and quantitative methods (and a diversity of …

Travel time to hospital and treatment for breast, colon, rectum, lung, ovary and prostate cancer

AP Jones, R Haynes, V Sauerzapf, SM Crawford… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim was to examine the effect of geographical access to treatment services on cancer
treatment patterns. Records for patients in northern England with breast, colon, rectal, lung …

Craniotomy for resection of pediatric brain tumors in the United States, 1988 to 2000: effects of provider caseloads and progressive centralization and specialization of …

ER Smith, WE Butler, FG Barker - Neurosurgery, 2004 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Large provider caseloads are associated with better patient outcomes after
many complex surgical procedures. Mortality rates for pediatric brain tumor surgery in …

Why are head and neck squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed so late? Influence of health care disparities and socio-economic factors

J Adrien, C Bertolus, L Gambotti, A Mallet, B Baujat - Oral oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
Context Late stage diagnosis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)
makes the prognosis worse. However, the influence of inequalities of health care and socio …

Travel times to health care and survival from cancers in Northern England

AP Jones, R Haynes, V Sauerzapf, SM Crawford… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim was to assess the effect of geographical accessibility on the stage of cancer at
diagnosis and survival. Records of 117,097 cases of breast, colorectal, lung, ovary and …

Access granted! barriers endure: determinants of difficulties accessing specialist care when required in Ontario, Canada

DW Harrington, K Wilson, M Rosenberg… - BMC Health Services …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Canadian context, health care services are governed by the
Canada Health Act, which ensures that primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals and …

Where are the inequalities in colorectal cancer care in a country with universal healthcare? A systematic review and narrative synthesis

BA Pickwell-Smith, K Spencer, MH Sadeghi… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer living in more deprived areas
experience worse survival than those in more affluent areas. Those living in more deprived …

Patterns of colorectal cancer care in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand

N Chawla, EN Butler, J Lund, JL Warren… - Journal of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the third most common
in men worldwide. In this study, we used MEDLINE to conduct a systematic review of …