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Associations Of Physician Supplies With Breast Cancer Stage At Diagnosis And Survival In Ontario, 1988 To 2006, Kevin M. Gorey
Associations Of Physician Supplies With Breast Cancer Stage At Diagnosis And Survival In Ontario, 1988 To 2006, Kevin M. Gorey
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BACKGROUND: The authors examined whether the supply of primary care physicians had protective effects on breast cancer stage and survival in Ontario and whether supply losses during the 1990s were associated with diminished protection.
METHODS: Random samples of the Ontario Cancer Registry, respectively, provided 879 women and 951 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1988 and 1990 (followed until 1996) and 1998 and 2000 (followed until 2006), respectively. Active physician supply data (1991 and 2001) joined to each woman's census division of residence was taken from the Scott's Medical Database.
RESULTS: Protective thresholds were observed among the earlier …