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 …

Many patients with cancer are diagnosed through an emergency presentation, which is
associated with inferior clinical and patient-reported outcomes compared with those of …

The usefulness of gravity-based spatial access models is limited because of the uncertainty
introduced by the range of values of the impedance coefficient. To solve this problem, this …

There have been a plethora of studies investigating access issues in relation to health
services but until recently a relative lack of research on geographical factors that may be …

Objective: To identify the impact of hospital volume according to Charlson Comorbidity Index
(ChCI) on postoperative mortality (POM) after rectal cancer surgery. Background: A volume …

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 …

Background The influence of socioeconomic environment on cancer survival has been
established in numerous studies in the EU and the US, prognosis being constantly poorer …

Patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) need
access to specialized care. We hypothesized that access to the transplant center after HSCT …

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 …

Geographic variation in use of elective surgeries has been widely studied in the US, where
over-utilization is incentivized. We wanted to explore recent trends in the geographic …