Geographic Access to Cancer Treatment in Japan: Results From a Combined Dataset of the Patient Survey and the Survey of Medical Institutions in 2011.

Hirokazu Tanaka Koichi B Ishikawa Kota Katanoda

Published in: Journal of epidemiology (2018)

Selection of hospitals by cancer inpatients is affected by age, cancer sites, and availability of designated cancer care hospitals in the secondary healthcare service areas where patients live.

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