Nationwide cohort study of the impact of education, income and social isolation on survival after acute colorectal cancer surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute colorectal cancer surgery has been associated with a high postoperative mortality. The primary aim of this study was to examine the association between socioeconomic position and the likelihood of undergoing acute versus elective colorectal cancer surgery. A secondary aim was to determine 1-year survival among patients treated with acute surgery.

Methods

All patients who had undergone a surgical procedure according to the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group (DCCG.dk) database, or who were registered with stent or diverting stoma in the National Patient Register from 2007 to 2015, were reviewed. Socioeconomic position was determined by highest attained educational level, income, urbanicity and cohabitation status, obtained from administrative registries. Co-variab

SUBMITTER: Degett TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996631 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature