Geographic Accessibility and Availability of Radiotherapy in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Radiotherapy is critical for comprehensive cancer care, but there are large gaps in access. Within Ghana, data on radiotherapy availability and on the relationship between distance and access are unknown.

Objectives

To estimate the gaps in radiotherapy machine availability in Ghana and to describe the association between distance and access to care.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a cross-sectional, population-based study of radiotherapy delivery in Ghana in 2020 and model-based analysis of radiotherapy demand and the radiotherapy utilization rate (RUR) using the Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control investment framework.

Exposures

Receipt of radiotherapy and the number of radiotherapy courses delivered.

Main outcomes and

SUBMITTER: Scott AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372791 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature