ArticleCanadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie2010
Wait times from presentation to treatment for colorectal cancer: a population-based study.
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- Rural and urban disparities in the care of Canadian patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study.Clinical epidemiology · 2018Article
- Factors associated with mode of colorectal cancer detection and time to diagnosis: a population level study.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- Factors associated with late stage at diagnosis among Puerto Rico's government health plan colorectal cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2016Article
- Time to Endoscopy in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of Wait-Times.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2016Article
- The location of surgical care for rural patients with rectal cancer: patterns of treatment and patient perspectives.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2014Article
- Research in cancer care disparities in countries with universal healthcare: mapping the field and its conceptual contours.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Review
- Recognition of cancer warning signs and anticipated delay in help-seeking in a population sample of adults in the UK.British journal of cancer · 2014Article
- Do diagnostic and treatment delays for colorectal cancer increase risk of death?Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe wait time from cancer diagnosis to treatment has been a recent focus of cancer care in Canada.
objectiveTo examine the trends in wait times from patient presentation to treatment (overall health system wait time [OWT]) for colorectal cancer (CRC).
methodsPatients with colorectal adenocarcinomas, diagnosed between 2001 and 2005, and their first definitive treatments were identified from the population-based Manitoba Cancer Registry (Winnipeg, Manitoba). By linkage to Manitoba Health and Healthy Living's administrative databases, a patient's first gastrointestinal investigation (abdominal radiological imaging, lower gastrointestinal endoscopy or fecal occult blood test) before CRC diagnosis was identified. The index contact with the health care system was estimated from the date of the visit with the physician who ordered the first gastroenterological investigation. The OWT was defined as the time from the index contact to the first treatment, while diagnostic delay was defined as the time from the index contact to the diagnosis of CRC. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was performed to determine independent predictors of OWT.
resultsThe OWT was estimated for 2552 cases of CRC over the five years that were examined. The median OWT increased from 61 days in 2001 to 95 days in 2005 (P<0.001). Most of the increase was in diagnostic wait times (median of 44 days in 2001 versus 64 days in 2005 [P<0.001]). Year of diagnosis, older age, urban residence and diagnosis at a teaching facility were independent predictors of OWT.
conclusionsThe OWT from presentation to treatment of CRC in Manitoba steadily increased between 2001 and 2005, mostly due to diagnostic delays.
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