The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiotherapy delivery in Japan: An observational study based on the national database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study analyzed the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on radiotherapy delivery in Japan using a high-quality Japanese national database based on universal health coverage.

Methods

We performed a retrospective observational study using National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan open data focused on radiotherapy between fiscal year (FY) 2019 and FY2020 and the number of COVID-19 cases from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. We statistically analyzed the relationship between the number of COVID-19 cases and the number of radiotherapy deliveries in Japan as a whole and by prefecture.

Results

The total number of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) fractions was 4,472,140 in FY2019 and 4

SUBMITTER: Tamari K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature