The impact of geographic unit of analysis on socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival and distant summary stage - a population‐based study

• Main Authors: Hanna E. Tervonen (Author), Stephen Morrell (Author), Sanchia Aranda (Author), David Roder (Author), Hui You (Author), Theo Niyonsenga (Author), Richard Walton (Author), Deborah Baker (Author), David Currow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: When using area‐level disadvantage measures, size of geographic unit can have major effects on recorded socioeconomic cancer disparities. This study examined the extent of changes in recorded socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival and distant stage when the measure of soci...