Impact of COVID-19 on access to cancer care in Rwanda: a retrospective time-series study using electronic medical records data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions in access to routine healthcare services worldwide, with a particularly high impact on chronic care patients and low and middle-income countries. In this study, we used routinely collected electronic medical records data to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to cancer care at the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence (BCCOE) in rural Rwanda.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective time-series study among all Rwandan patients who received cancer care at the BCCOE between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2021. The primary outcomes of interest included a comparison of the number of patients who were predicted based on time-series models of pre-COVID-19 trends versus the actual number of patients who presented durin

SUBMITTER: Habinshuti P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9764097 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature