Geographic Access to Cancer Care and Mortality Among Adolescents

Access to gambling among Brazilian adolescents: why should we care?

Infant mortality and geographic access to childbirth in Brazilian municipalities.

OBJECTIVE To analyze geographic access to hospital childbirth in Brazilian municipalities. METHODS Information on deaths and births were analyzed in regards to appropriateness for calculating the infant mortality rate during the period 2005 to 2007, for the 5,564 Brazilian municipalities. Indicators of supply and geographic access to health services were calculated to express hospital childbi...

A Study of Children's Geographic Access to Health Services (Health Care Centers and Clinical Laboratories) in Kermanshah City, Iran

Background Given that the protection of children's health is of special importance due to their special age and physical conditions, the present study aimed to investigate the condition of children's Geographic access to health services (Health Centers and Clinical Laboratories) in Kermanshah city, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this applied study, the research approach was descriptive-analyti...

Geographic Patterns of Prostate Cancer Mortality and Variations in Access to Medical Care in the United States

Background: Striking geographic variation in prostate cancer death rates have been observed in the United States since at least the 1950s; reasons for these variations are unknown. Here we examine the association between geographic variations in prostate cancer mortality and regional variations in access to medical care, as reflected by the incidence of late-stage disease, prostate-specific ant...

Geographic patterns of prostate cancer mortality and variations in access to medical care in the United States.

BACKGROUND Striking geographic variation in prostate cancer death rates have been observed in the United States since at least the 1950s; reasons for these variations are unknown. Here we examine the association between geographic variations in prostate cancer mortality and regional variations in access to medical care, as reflected by the incidence of late-stage disease, prostate-specific anti...