What explains worse patient experience in London? Evidence from secondary analysis of the Cancer Patient Experience Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore why patients with cancer treated by London hospitals report worse experiences of care compared with those treated in other English regions.

Design

Secondary analysis of the 2011/2012 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (n=69 086).

Setting and participants

Patients with cancer treated by the English National Health Service (NHS) hospitals.

Main outcome measures

64 patient experience measures covering all aspects of cancer care (pre-diagnosis to discharge).

Methods

Using mixed effects logistic regression, we explored whether poorer scores in London hospitals could be explained by patient case-mix (age, gender, ethnicity and cancer type). Because patients referred to tertiary centres and/or with complex medical problems may report

SUBMITTER: Saunders CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902336 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature