What health inequalities exist in access to, outcomes from and experience of treatment for lung cancer? A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Lung cancer (LC) continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and while there have been significant improvements in overall survival, this gain is not equally distributed. To address health inequalities (HIs), it is vital to identify whether and where they exist. This paper reviews existing literature on what HIs impact LC care and where these manifest on the care pathway.

Design

A systematic scoping review based on Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework.

Data sources

Multiple databases (EMBASE, HMIC, Medline, PsycINFO, PubMed) were used to retrieve articles.

Eligibility criteria

Search limits were set to retrieve articles published between January 2012 and April 2022. Papers examining LC along with domains of HI were included. Two

SUBMITTER: Lennox L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature