Association between perception of care coordination and health outcomes in Korean cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:To determine relationship between cancer survivors' perception of care coordination and their health outcomes. METHODS:Study subjects were 1306 Korean adulthood cancer survivors who were enrolled in two academic hospital and completed a questionnaire consisting of questions asking two aspects of care coordination for cancer treatment they had received: 1) who played a main coordinator role and 2) whether care services had met their necessitated health concerns. We measured health outcomes including new comorbidity, number of clinic visits, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). Associations between the level of care coordination and health outcomes were evaluated by multiple logistic regression analysis after adjusting for covariates. RESULTS

SUBMITTER: Shin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7001372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature