A 'year in the life'of health services research in oncology

Oncology health services research (HSR) is a broad, multidimensional field. Current areas of research foci may be informative. We searched Medline for oncology HSR papers published in English in a single year (2009). Abstracted data related to access, quality, cost, health/wellbeing, place on the ca...

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Published in:Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research 2012-10, Vol.12 (5), p.615
Main Authors: Brundage, Michael D, Snyder, Claire F, Bass, Brenda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Health care
Health services
Oncology
Patients
Prostate
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Summary:Oncology health services research (HSR) is a broad, multidimensional field. Current areas of research foci may be informative. We searched Medline for oncology HSR papers published in English in a single year (2009). Abstracted data related to access, quality, cost, health/wellbeing, place on the cancer continuum and study design. Among 1113 papers, the most commonly studied HSR domain was quality-of-care (65%). Within the care continuum, 'treatment'received the greatest attention (37%), and 'prevention'the least (5%). More specifically, treatment-related quality-of-care was most often studied (23%). Breast cancer was the most common site focus (28%). Most studies were descriptive (75%), retrospective (35%) or cross-sectional (35%). These findings might inform the decisions of researchers or policy makers seeking to improve cancer health services delivery.
ISSN:1473-7167
1744-8379
DOI:10.1586/erp.12.50