title: A comparison of the awareness and utilisation of postoperative health services provided to women with breast cancer in public and private hospitals.
abstract: Nurses at a metropolitan Cancer Care Centre (CCC) noted that women who have had recent breast surgery for carcinoma had significantly different levels of knowledge and use of support services depending upon public or private hospitalisation. The public hospital participants were more aware of the range of available services (mean = 3.6) compared to women from the private sector (mean = 2.6). In addition, the public hospital participants were more likely to access a wider range of services post discharge (mean = 2.21) compared to the private hospital women (mean = 0.85). A significant difference was found between younger and older women's use of services.
authors.affiliation: St. George Hospital, Sydney.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donoghue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Introna
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Baugh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitten-Lewis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rickard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szwajcer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000720:Ancillary Services, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001364:Awareness; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires