Sociodemographic Factors and Utilization of Pediatric Oncology Satellite Clinics in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pediatric cancer care services in high-income nations are mainly centralized in metropolitan cities. To allow treatments closer to home, patients across Ontario, Canada, a geographically large province, are offered decentralized care via satellite clinics; however, it is unclear whether the utilization of these pediatric oncology satellite clinics differs by area-level sociodemographic factors.

Objective

To examine whether sociodemographic factors, such as area-level income and rurality, are independently associated with the odds of satellite clinic visit and the hazards of time to first visit among pediatric oncology patients receiving cancer treatment.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a retrospective population-based cohort study of patients aged

SUBMITTER: Chiu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672161 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature