Access to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival
Menée à partir des données du registre norvégien des cancers portant sur la période 1980-2000, cette étude analyse l'association entre le niveau d'éducation des patients atteints d'un cancer, leur accès aux traitements et leur survie
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what extent this may be driven by differential access to and utilization of high quality treatment options. Quasi-experimental evidence based on the establishment of regional cancer wards indicates that i) highly educated individuals utilized centralized specialized treatment to a greater extent than less educated patients and ii) the use of such treatment improved these patients’ survival.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629614000423 2014