Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden
OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic interval for patients with colorectal cancer before and after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in northern Sweden. DESIGN: A retrospective study comparing two cohorts (2012 and 2018) of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer before and after the int...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10478615 2023-10-09T21:54:29+02:00 Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden Fjällström, P. Hörnsten, C. Lilja, M. Hultstrand, C. Coe, A. B. Hajdarevic, S. 2023-07-14 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10478615/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37450480 https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2023.2234003 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10478615/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37450480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2023.2234003 © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. Scand J Prim Health Care Research Articles Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2023.2234003 2023-09-10T00:59:37Z OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic interval for patients with colorectal cancer before and after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in northern Sweden. DESIGN: A retrospective study comparing two cohorts (2012 and 2018) of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer before and after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in 2016. SETTING: Three counties in northern Sweden with large sparsely populated areas and some cities (637143 residents ∼5.1 residents/km(2)). SUBJECTS: Patients were included from the Swedish Cancer Register. Electronic health records reviews were performed and linked to socioeconomic data from Statistics Sweden. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Differences in the diagnostic intervals, the patient intervals and the characteristics associated with the longest diagnostic intervals and investigations starting at the emergency department. RESULTS: The two cohorts included 411 patients in 2012 and 445 patients in 2018. The median diagnostic interval was reduced from 47 days (IQI 18–99) to 29 days (IQI 9–74) (p < 0.001) after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in general. Though for the cases of cancer in the right-side (ascended) colon, the reduction of the diagnostic interval was not observed and it remained associated with investigations starting at the emergency department. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that cancer patient pathways contributed to an improvement in the diagnostic interval for patients with colorectal cancer in general, yet not for patients with cancer in the right-side colon. IMPLICATION: In general, cancer patient pathways seem to reduce the diagnostic interval for colorectal cancer but it is not a sufficient solution for all colorectal cancer localisations. Text Northern Sweden PubMed Central (PMC) Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 41 3 287 296 |
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic interval for patients with colorectal cancer before and after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in northern Sweden. DESIGN: A retrospective study comparing two cohorts (2012 and 2018) of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer before and after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in 2016. SETTING: Three counties in northern Sweden with large sparsely populated areas and some cities (637143 residents ∼5.1 residents/km(2)). SUBJECTS: Patients were included from the Swedish Cancer Register. Electronic health records reviews were performed and linked to socioeconomic data from Statistics Sweden. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Differences in the diagnostic intervals, the patient intervals and the characteristics associated with the longest diagnostic intervals and investigations starting at the emergency department. RESULTS: The two cohorts included 411 patients in 2012 and 445 patients in 2018. The median diagnostic interval was reduced from 47 days (IQI 18–99) to 29 days (IQI 9–74) (p < 0.001) after the introduction of cancer patient pathways in general. Though for the cases of cancer in the right-side (ascended) colon, the reduction of the diagnostic interval was not observed and it remained associated with investigations starting at the emergency department. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that cancer patient pathways contributed to an improvement in the diagnostic interval for patients with colorectal cancer in general, yet not for patients with cancer in the right-side colon. IMPLICATION: In general, cancer patient pathways seem to reduce the diagnostic interval for colorectal cancer but it is not a sufficient solution for all colorectal cancer localisations. |
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Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden |
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Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden |
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Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden |
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Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden |
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Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden |
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reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern sweden |
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