When politicians really decide that nation health is a top priority: the Danish model

Hamoir discusses the nation-based head and neck cancer (HNC) fast-track programme launched by Roennegaard et al from Odense University Hospital, Denmark to report their institutional experience, as tertiary cancer centre taking care of patients from the general practitioner (GP) suspicion of HNC to...

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Published in:European journal of cancer (1990) 2018-02, Vol.90, p.140-141
Main Author: Hamoir, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Family physicians
Head & neck cancer
Health Care Rationing
Health Priorities
Patients
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Summary:Hamoir discusses the nation-based head and neck cancer (HNC) fast-track programme launched by Roennegaard et al from Odense University Hospital, Denmark to report their institutional experience, as tertiary cancer centre taking care of patients from the general practitioner (GP) suspicion of HNC to the start of initial treatment when the diagnosis of cancer is confirmed. The decision to launch such a programme was made when it was observed during the 1990s that survival rates for HNC patients were worse in Denmark than in the other Scandinavian countries. The main goal of these programmes was to reduce the waiting time from the first suspicion of cancer to the start of treatment, aiming at improving the prognosis.
ISSN:0959-8049
1879-0852
DOI:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.11.028