The burden of cancer on primary and secondary health care services before and after cancer diagnosis in New South Wales Australia

摘要

BackgroundPrimary and secondary healthcare service usage is assessed in the year before and following a cancer diagnosis, in cancer cases versus matched non-cancer controls in New South Wales (NSW), Australia over 2006–2012, for all invasive cancers collectively and for selected common sites: breast, prostate, colorectal and lung, and melanoma.