Comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals

Tebbutt, Niall C

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01219.x

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To the Editor: I note with interest the results of the study by Morris and colleagues comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals.1

Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: niall.tebbutt@ludwig.edu.au

1. Morris M, Iacopetta B, Platell C. Comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals. Med J Aust 2007; 186: 296-300. <MJA full text>
2. Cheng X, Chen VW, Steele B, et al. Subsite-specific incidence rate and stage of disease in colorectal cancer by race, gender, and age group in the United States, 1992–1997. Cancer 2001; 92: 2547-2554.
3. Keating J, Pater P, Lolohea S, Wickremesekera K. The epidemiology of colorectal cancer: what can we learn from the New Zealand Cancer Registry? N Z Med J 2003; 116: u437.

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