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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1998 90(24):1863-1864; doi:10.1093/jnci/90.24.1863
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Economically Disadvantaged May Survive Cancer Longer in Canada

Poverty is hazardous to health. In the United States, studies have shown a link between cancer mortality and socioeconomic status (SES) -- the lower the SES, the higher the mortality rate. But recent studies led by Kevin Gorey, Ph.D., of the University of Windsor, Ont., show that residents of low-income areas in Canada may survive cancer longer than their U.S. counterparts.

Gorey hypothesized that Canada's comprehensive national health insurance program would result in greater survival for the economically disadvantaged. With equitable access to equivalent standards of care, Gorey felt, much of the survival . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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