Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intervention-generated inequalities are unintended variations in outcome that result from the organisation and delivery of health interventions. Socioeconomic inequalities in treatment may occur for some common cancers. Although the incidence and outcome of lung cancer varies with socioeconomic position (SEP), it is not known whether socioeconomic inequalities in treatment occur and how these might affect mortality. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing research on socioeconomic inequalities in receipt of treatment for lung cancer.

Methods and findings

MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Scopus were searched up to September 2012 for cohort studies of participants with a primary diagnosis of lung cancer (ICD10 C33 or C34), where the outcome was receipt of

SUBMITTER: Forrest LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3564770 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature