caa a22 4500 44531544X CHVBK 20180317142645.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10552-010-9722-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10552-010-9722-3 Inequity in access to cancer care: a review of the Canadian literature [Elektronische Daten] [André Maddison, Yukiko Asada, Robin Urquhart] Despite the policy and research attention on ensuring equitable access—equal access for equal need—to health care, research continues to identify inequities in access to cancer services. We conducted a literature review to identify the current state of knowledge about inequity in access to cancer health services in Canada in terms of the continuum of care, disease sites, and dimensions of inequity (e.g., income). We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Embase for studies published between 1990 and 2009. We retrieved 51 studies, which examine inequity in access to cancer services from screening to end-of-life care, for multiple cancer types, and a variety of socioeconomic, geographic, and demographic factors that may cause concern for inequity in Canada. This review demonstrates that income has the most consistent influence on inequity in access to screening, while age and geography are most influential for treatment services and end-of-life care, even after adjusting for patient need. Our review also reports on methods used in the literature and new techniques to explore. Equitable access to cancer care is vitally important in all health systems. Obtaining information on the current status of inequities in access to cancer care is a critical first step toward action. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Inequity nationallicence Access nationallicence Cancer nationallicence Continuum of care nationallicence Canada nationallicence Income nationallicence Geography nationallicence Age nationallicence Maddison André Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave, Mailbox No. 257, B3H 4H7, Halifax, NS, Canada aut Asada Yukiko Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, 5790 University Avenue, B3H 1V7, Halifax, NS, Canada aut Urquhart Robin Cancer Outcomes Research Program, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, 1276 South Park Street, B3H 2Y9, Halifax, NS, Canada aut Cancer Causes & Control Springer Netherlands 22/3(2011-03-01), 359-366 0957-5243 22:3<359 2011 22 10552 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9722-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9722-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maddison André Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave, Mailbox No. 257, B3H 4H7, Halifax, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Asada Yukiko Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, 5790 University Avenue, B3H 1V7, Halifax, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Urquhart Robin Cancer Outcomes Research Program, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, 1276 South Park Street, B3H 2Y9, Halifax, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cancer Causes & Control Springer Netherlands 22/3(2011-03-01), 359-366 0957-5243 22:3<359 2011 22 10552 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer