Minimal excess risk of cancer and reduced risk of death from cancer in Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs clients: a record linkage study.

Conclusion: Cancer incidence rates are largely similar, and mortality rates moderately lower, for DVA clients compared to the NSW general population. Implications: These risk patterns may reflect service-related history, a healthy-survivor effect, competing risk of death, and/or comprehensive health care entitlements with minimal to no co-payments. Our findings suggest DVA clients are probably accessing cancer screening services. Outcomes after cancer diagnosis are good, most probably due to comprehensive health care entitlements. PMID: 24494942 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research