Primary and secondary care management of women with early breast cancer from affluent and deprived areas: retrospective review of hospital and general practice records
BMJPublished 27 May 2000Open access
Una Macleod
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Women living in affluent areas did not receive better NHS care for breast cancer than women in deprived areas, however, women from deprived areas seem to have greater comorbidity, and poorer outcomes from breast cancer among these women is probably due to factors which result in deprived communities having poorer health outcomes.
Abstract
Women living in affluent areas did not receive better NHS care for breast cancer than women in deprived areas. However, women from deprived areas seem to have greater comorbidity, and poorer outcomes from breast cancer among these women is probably due to factors which result in deprived communities having poorer health outcomes rather than to management of their breast cancer.
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