Health care utilisation following childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Survival among children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has increased considerably. However, morbidity in survivors constitutes a potential increasing burden not limited to secondary health care. Our objectives were to compare health care utilisation, including both primary and secondary health care, between childhood ALL survivors and matched references up to 15 years after curative treatment. Moreover, to increase knowledge on survivors' health service seeking behaviour as time from treatment elapsed.

Design and setting

A Danish population-based matched cohort study linking multiple nationwide registries.

Participants

675 cases, diagnosed with childhood (1.0-17.9 years) ALL between 1994 and 2015, and 6750 matched references sampled rand

SUBMITTER: Jensen KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature