Health systems influence on the pathways of care for lung cancer in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Globally, lung cancer is the most common cancer and cause of cancer-related deaths, responsible for nearly one in five deaths. Many health systems in low- and middle-income countries, including sub-Saharan Africa have weak organizational structure, which results in delayed lead time for lung cancer patient care continuum from diagnosis to palliative care. AIM:To map evidence on the health systems issues impacting on the delays in timely lung cancer care continuum from diagnosis to palliative care in LMICs, including sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS:A scoping review was performed following the method of Arksey and O'Malley. Systematic searches were performed using EBSCOhost platform, a keyword search from the following electronic databases were conducted: PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Schola

SUBMITTER: Nwagbara UI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7081618 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature