Access to specialized pediatric cancer care in Switzerland

Background Specialized pediatric cancer centers (PCCs) are thought to be essential to obtain state‐of‐the‐art care for children and adolescents. We determined the proportion of childhood cancer patients not treated in a PCC, and described their characteristics and place of treatment. Procedure The S...

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Published in:Pediatric blood & cancer 2010-05, Vol.54 (5), p.721-727
Main Authors: Adam, Martin, Weid, Nicolas von der, Michel, Gisela, Zwahlen, Marcel, Lutz, Jean-Michel, Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Niggli, Felix, Kuehni, Claudia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
adolescents
Cancer Care Facilities - utilization
cancer center
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
health care provider/services
Health Services Accessibility
Hospitals, Pediatric - utilization
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Likelihood Functions
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Neoplasms - therapy
quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Switzerland
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Summary:Background Specialized pediatric cancer centers (PCCs) are thought to be essential to obtain state‐of‐the‐art care for children and adolescents. We determined the proportion of childhood cancer patients not treated in a PCC, and described their characteristics and place of treatment. Procedure The Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry (SCCR) registers all children treated in Swiss PCCs. The regional cancer registries (covering 14/26 cantons) register all cancer patients of a region. The children of the SCCR with data from 7 regions (11 cantons) were compared, using specialized software for record linkage. All children
ISSN:1545-5009
1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.22426