Access to telehealth services for colorectal cancer patients in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Victoria A. Marks, Walter R. Hsiang, Waez Umer, Afash Haleem, Dana Kim, John W. Kunstman, Michael S. Leapman, Kevin M. Schuster |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Prevention
Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities Clinical Sciences COVID-19 pandemic 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services COVID-19 Healthcare access General Medicine Health Services Colorectal cancer United States Telemedicine Health Services Accessibility Colo-Rectal Cancer Telehealth Good Health and Well Being Clinical Research Humans Surgery Digestive Diseases Colorectal Neoplasms Pandemics Cancer Health and social care services research |
| Zdroj: | American journal of surgery, vol 224, iss 5 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.06.005 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic yielded rapid telehealth deployment to improve healthcare access, including for surgical patients.MethodsWe conducted a secret shopper study to assess telehealth availability for new patient and follow-up colorectal cancer care visits in a random national sample of Commission on Cancer accredited hospitals and investigated predictive facility-level factors.ResultsOf 397 hospitals, 302 (76%) offered telehealth for colorectal cancer patients (75% for follow-up, 42% for new patients). For new patients, NCI-designated Cancer Programs offered telehealth more frequently than Integrated Network (OR: 0.20, p=0.01), Academic Comprehensive (OR: 0.18, p=0.001), Comprehensive Community (OR: 0.10, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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