Hospitalizations for cancer in international migrants versus local population in Chile

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To compare cancer hospital morbidity among the local population and the immigrant population in Chile. METHODS This is a prevalence study based on the analysis of hospital discharges of all the health centers of Chile. Cancer hospital discharges were characterized in 2012 acco...

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Main Authors: Marcela Oyarte, Iris Delgado, Víctor Pedrero, Lorenzo Agar, Báltica Cabieses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-04-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000100229&lng=en&tlng=en