A health care labyrinth: perspectives of caregivers on the journey to accessing timely cancer diagnosis and treatment for children in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cure rates for children with cancer in India lag behind that of high-income countries. Various disease, treatment and socio-economic related factors contribute to this gap including barriers in timely access of diagnostic and therapeutic care. This study investigated barriers to accessing care from symptom onset to beginning of treatment, from perspectives of caregivers of children with cancer in India.

Methods

Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with caregivers of children (< 18 years) diagnosed with cancer in seven tertiary care hospitals across New Delhi and Hyderabad. Purposive sampling to saturation was used to ensure adequate representation of the child's gender, age, cancer type, geographical location and socioeconomic status. Interviews were

SUBMITTER: Faruqui N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature