Delivery of Cancer Care in Ontario, Canada, During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cancer systems worldwide. Quantifying the changes is critical to informing the delivery of care while the pandemic continues, as well as for system recovery and future pandemic planning.

Objective

To quantify change in the delivery of cancer services across the continuum of care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study assessed cancer screening, imaging, diagnostic, treatment, and psychosocial oncological care services delivered in pediatric and adult populations in Ontario, Canada (population 14.7 million), from April 1, 2019, to March 1, 2021. Data were analyzed from May 1 to July 31, 2021.

Exposures

COVID-19 pandemic.

Main outcomes and measures

Canc

SUBMITTER: Walker MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039771 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature