Contributions of prognostic factors to socioeconomic disparities in cancer survival: protocol for analysis of a cohort with linked data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Socioeconomic disparities in cancer survival have been reported in many developed countries, including Australia. Although some international studies have investigated the determinants of these socioeconomic disparities, most previous Australian studies have been descriptive, as only limited relevant data are generally available. Here, we describe a protocol for a study to use data from a large-scale Australian cohort linked with several other health-related databases to investigate several groups of factors associated with socioeconomic disparities in cancer survival in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and quantify their contributions to the survival disparities.

Methods and analysis

The Sax Institute's 45 and Up Study participants completed a baseline questio

SUBMITTER: Yu XQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6825410 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature