Waiting times for cancer patients in Sweden: A nationwide population-based study
| Autor: | Stephanie Robertson, Annika Sjövall, Kerstin Sandelin, Marianne Hanning, Rocio Winnersjö, Jan Adolfsson, Pär Stattin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Oncology Waiting time medicine.medical_specialty Colorectal cancer Breast Neoplasms Time-to-Treatment 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Neoplasms Internal medicine medicine Humans Registries 030212 general & internal medicine Referral and Consultation Sweden Rectal Neoplasms business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Prostatic Neoplasms Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease Population based study 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Colonic Neoplasms Female business |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 45:230-237 |
| ISSN: | 1651-1905 1403-4948 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1403494817693695 |
| Popis: | Aims: The reported long waiting times for cancer patients have mostly been related to prognostic outcome and less to patient-related experience to outcome. We assessed waiting times for patients with cancer of the breast, prostate, colon or rectum in Sweden. Methods: The median time from referral to start of treatment was assessed using data from clinical cancer registers for patients who received curative treatment during 2011, 2012 and 2013. Results: The median overall waiting time in different counties ranged from 7 to 28 days for breast cancer, from 117 to 280 days for prostate cancer, from 27 to 64 days for colon cancer and from 48 to 80 days for rectal cancer. For the entire nation, the median time from referral to start of treatment remained unchanged from 2011 to 2013 for each cancer diagnosis. Conclusions: Large variations were found in waiting times between different counties in Sweden and between different types of cancer. The long waiting times identified in this study emphasize the need to improve national programmes for more rapid diagnosis and treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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