Social Inequalities in Cancer Survival

Social differentials in the survival from 12 common types of cancer were assessed by estimating a recently developed mixed additive-multiplicative hazard model on the basis of individual register and census data for the whole Norwegian population. The excess all-cause mortality among cancer patients compared to otherwise equal persons without a cancer diagnosis was significantly related both to education, occupation and income.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Kravdal, O.
Publisher:	Oslo : University of Oslo, Department of Economics
Subject:	cancer \| social inequality

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Series:	Memorandum ; 03/1998
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	865520275 [GVK] hdl:10419/90790 [Handle] RePEc:hhs:osloec:1998_003 [RePEc]
Classification:	C51 - Model Construction and Estimation ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior
Source:	EconStor

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