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ArticleClinical and translational radiation oncology2017

Barriers to radiotherapy access at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Chidinma P Anakwenze, Atara Ntekim, Bruce Trock, Iyobosa B Uwadiae, Brandi R Page

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Article in Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chidinma P AnakwenzeUniversity of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Atara NtekimCollege of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Bruce TrockJames Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Iyobosa B UwadiaeUniversity College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Brandi R PageJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Hospital · USUniversity College Hospital, Ibadan · NGUniversity of Ibadan · NG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNigeria has the biggest gap between radiotherapy availability and need, with one machine per 19.4 million people, compared to one machine per 250,000 people in high-income countries. This study aims to identify its patient-level barriers to radiotherapy access. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis was a cross sectional study consisting of patient questionnaires (

resultsEighty percent of patients could not afford radiotherapy without financial assistance and only 6% of the patients had federal insurance, which did not cover radiotherapy services. Of the patients who had completed radiotherapy treatment, 91.3% had experienced treatment delay or often cancellation due to healthcare worker strike, power failure, machine breakdown, or prolonged wait time. The timeliness of a patient's radiotherapy care correlated with their employment status and distance from radiotherapy center (

conclusionsBarriers to care at a radiotherapy center in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) have previously not been well characterized. These findings can be used to inform efforts to expand the availability of radiotherapy and improve current treatment capacity in Nigeria and in other LMICs.

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AccessBarriersLMICNigeriaRadiotherapy

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