Titre : | Generalizability of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and end Results registry population : Factors relevant to epidemiologic and health care research. (1997) |
Auteurs : | A.B. NATTINGER ; T.L. MCAULIFFE ; M.M. SCHAPIRA ; Department of Medicine. Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee Wisconsin. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Journal of clinical epidemiology (vol. 50, n° 8, 1997) |
Pagination : | 939-945 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Registre ; Cancer ; Enregistrement ; Etude comparée ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Surveillance épidémiologique ; Epidémiologie ; Evaluation ; Homme ; Etats Unis ; Amérique du Nord ; Amérique |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST uR0xhBXw. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. To assess the generalizability of the population included in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) tumor registries to the overall United States population, we compared the population of the 198 SEER counties to the population of the 2882 non-SEER counties regarding sociodemographic factors, physician availability, and availability of pertinent hospital resources. The population residing within the SEER areas is more affluent, has lower unemployment, and is substantially more urban than the remainder of the U.S. population (p |