The IRDES Research Seminars provide a forum for the presentation, scientific discussion and communication of works in progress in health economics. They are held in IRDES premises and are open to the research community.
Length of a session: 1.5 hours
- Authors' presentation: 40 minutes
- Discussion by a senior researcher: 25 minutes
- Open discussion: 25 minutes
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Friday March 17th, 2017, 11.00 AM IrdesSocial Inequality in Cancer Survival in CanadaAuteurs : Grignon M. (McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Discutant : Or Z. (Irdes) |
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A social gradient in the survival period following a cancer diagnosis has long been observed, even in countries with universal publicly funded access to health care services. However, the evidence is based mostly on neighbourhood or area rather than on individual level observations; moreover, it is quite dated or refers to specific cancer sites. |