Travel distance and overall survival in hepatocellular cancer care

Our objective was to assess the relationship between overall survival (OS) and distance travelled to the treating facility for patients undergoing liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma and to determine whether this relationship was dependent upon the structural factors of the treating facilit...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2021-09, Vol.222 (3), p.584-593
Main Authors: Siegel, Julie B., Allen, Shelby, Engelhardt, Kathryn E., Morgan, Katherine A., Lancaster, William P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to care
Cancer
Comorbidity
Health disparities
Health-services research
Hepatocellular cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hispanic Americans
Hospitals
Liver cancer
Medical diagnosis
Outcomes research
Patients
Socioeconomic factors
Surgery
Survival
Survival analysis
Travel
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Summary:Our objective was to assess the relationship between overall survival (OS) and distance travelled to the treating facility for patients undergoing liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma and to determine whether this relationship was dependent upon the structural factors of the treating facility. Using National Cancer Database, we focused on extremes of travel: Local (
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.052