Survival Disparities among Cancer Patients Based on Mobility Patterns: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Cancer is a major health problem worldwide. A growing number of cancer patients travel to hospitals outside their residential cities due to unbalanced medical resources. We aimed to evaluate the association between patterns of patient mobility and survival among patients with cancer. Methods: Data of patients hospitalized for cancer between January 2015 and December 2017 were collected from the regional data platform of an eastern coastal province of China. According to the cities of hospitalization and residency, 3 mobility patterns including intra-city, local center, and national center pattern were defined. Patients with intra-city pattern were sequentially matched to patients with the other 2 patterns on demographics, marital status, cancer type, comorbidity,

SUBMITTER: Wen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11535395 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature