Cancer patients’ experiences with urgent referrals to cancer patient pathways

Autor: Henry Jensen, Cecilie Dyg Sperling, Henriette Lipczak, Peter Vedsted, Mette Sandager
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Thønnings Sandager, M, Jensen, H, Lipczak, H, Sperling, C D & Vedsted, P 2019, ' Cancer patients' experiences with urgent referrals to cancer patient pathways ', European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 28, no. 1, e12927, pp. 1-11 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12927
ISSN: 0961-5423
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12927
Popis: Objective: We aimed to explore whether cancer patients urgently referred to a cancer patient pathway (CPP) (CPP referred) by a general practitioner report experiences of pre-diagnosis cancer care differently than patients not referred to a CPP (non-CPP referred). Methods: Data were collected from cross-sectional questionnaire surveys among cancer patients and their GPs and linked to National registries. Poisson regression was used to generate adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) to compare reported experiences. Results: The study included 2,256 individuals. CPP referred patients reported more positive overall experiences of the pre-diagnosis phase (p
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