Colon cancer care and survival: income and insurance are more predictive in the USA, community primary care physician supply more so in Canada

• Published in: International journal for equity in health Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 109
• Main Authors: Gorey, Kevin M, Kanjeekal, Sindu M, Wright, Frances C, Hamm, Caroline, Luginaah, Isaac N, Bartfay, Emma, Zou, Guangyong, Holowaty, Eric J, Richter, Nancy L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 29.10.2015
• Subjects: California - epidemiology; Colonic Neoplasms - economics; Colonic Neoplasms - mortality; Colonic Neoplasms - therapy; Colorectal cancer; Gastroenterology; Health insurance; Healthcare Disparities - economics; Humans; Insurance Coverage - economics; Ontario - epidemiology; Physicians; Physicians, Primary Care - supply & distribution; Primary care; Workforce; Canada; California

Our research group advanced a health insurance theory to explain Canada's cancer care advantages over America. The late Barbara Starfield theorized that Canada's greater primary care-orientation also plays a critically protective role. We tested the resultant Starfield-Gorey theory by exam...