Surveying and mapping breast cancer services in Ghana: a cross-sectional pilot study in the Eastern Region.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Define the services available for the care of breast cancer at hospitals in the Eastern Region of Ghana, identify areas of the region with limited access to care through geospatial mapping, and test a novel survey instrument in anticipation of a nationwide scale up of the study.

Design

A cross-sectional, facility-based survey study.

Setting

This study was conducted at 33 of the 34 hospitals in the Eastern Region of Ghana from March 2020 to May 2020.

Participants

The 33 hospitals surveyed represented 97% of all hospitals in the region. This included private, government, quasi-government and faith-based organisation owned hospitals.

Results

Sixteen hospitals (82%) surveyed provided basic screening services, 11 (33%) provided pathological diagnos

SUBMITTER: Moustafa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627397 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature