Travel Distance and Its Impact on Wait Time for Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Patients with Cancers.

Dat T Tran, Xiaoxiao Liu, Alka B Patel, Rizwan Shahid, Maki Ueyama

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dat T TranInstitute of Health Economics, #4-122 Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5J 4P6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4969-7537

Xiaoxiao LiuHealth Intelligence, Evidence and Improvement, Primary Care Alberta, Calgary, AB T2W 3N2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2479-897X

Alka B PatelHealth Intelligence, Evidence and Improvement, Primary Care Alberta, Calgary, AB T2W 3N2, Canada.

Rizwan ShahidHealth Intelligence, Evidence and Improvement, Primary Care Alberta, Calgary, AB T2W 3N2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1958-8866

Maki UeyamaInstitute of Health Economics, #4-122 Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5J 4P6, Canada.

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Alberta Primary and Preventative Health Services #12651 and #019109

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To examine travel distance and its impact on wait time for positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with lung and prostate cancers and lymphoma in Alberta. We used the Alberta cancer registry and diagnostic imaging database to identify patients with lung and prostate cancers and lymphoma who had a PET/CT scan during April 2017 and March 2023. The Alberta Facilities Distance/Time Look Up Table was used to calculate travel distance from the patient's residence to the PET/CT facility. Negative binomial regression was used to assess the association between travel distance and wait time for PET/CT. The study included 9503 patients. Lung cancer accounted for 43.4% of the patients, followed by lymphoma (37.1%) and prostate (19.5%) cancer. There were more female patients with lung cancer (55.5%) than lymphoma (42.9%;

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Health Services AccessibilityLung NeoplasmsLymphomaNeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstatic NeoplasmsTravelAgedAged, 80 and overAlbertaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTime FactorscancerPET/CTtravel distancetravel timewait time

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PMID41464449

DOI10.3390/ijerph22121816

PMCPMC12732370

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