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Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2023 Despite the absence of data regarding direct costs for healthcare, oncological patients from the Brazilian Unified Public Healthcare System often face significant financial burden due to out-of-pocket costs associated with their treatment.
José Favoreto-Neto +3 more
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Facility Characteristics and Quality of Lung Cancer Care in an Integrated Health Care System [PDF]
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2014 In a national, integrated health care system, we sought to identify facility-level attributes associated with better quality of lung cancer care.Adherence to 23 quality indicators across four domains (Diagnosis and Staging, Treatment, Supportive Care, End-of-Life Care) was assessed through abstraction of electronic records from 4804 lung cancer ...
Ryoo, Joan J. +7 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 IntroductionThe global cancer burden has been disproportionately shifting towards low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Limited availability and accessibility to screening, treatment and surveillance, increase in the prevalence and lack of control of
Mouness Obeidat +11 more
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JMIR Research Protocols, 2023 BackgroundTimely delivery of high-quality cancer care to all patients is barely achieved in South Africa and many other low- and middle-income countries, mainly due to poor care coordination and access to care services.
Buhle Lubuzo +2 more
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Infectio, 2020 Objective: We aimed to describe the microbiological characteristics of infections in patients from an oncological center during 2.014-2.016. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, a total of 7.837 cultures corresponding to 1.216 patients ...
José W. Martínez
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Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 The higher incidence of cancer cases are reported in rural India and are at the alarming rate because of changing lifestyles and urbanization of rural India. This is due lack of adequate cancer facilities available in rural India [1].
Pandurang G. Chougule
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Health Expectations, 2022 Background Peer support is increasingly recognized as crucial for improving health and psychosocial outcomes in oncological care. The integration of cancer self‐help groups (SHGs) into cancer care facilities has gained importance in recent years.
Elâ Ziegler +4 more
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Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2012 Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women throughout the world. Rural women have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer than do their urban counterparts.
Rebecca J. Rudel
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Quality of Cancer Care in Tanzania as Experienced by Patients: A Qualitative Study
SAGE Open Nursing, 2023 Introduction Cancer is a disease of public importance in Tanzania. Considering a limited health care system with few cancer centers and low health literacy in general, people are diagnosed at late stage and face difficulties in accessing care for their ...
Paulo L. Kidayi MSc, RN, PhD student +6 more
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Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010 Cancer patients experience distress and anxiety related to their diagnosis, treatment and the unfamiliar cancer centre. Strategies with the aim of orienting patients to a cancer care facility may improve patient outcomes. Although meeting patients' information needs at different stages is important, there is little agreement about the type of ...
Chan, Ray, Webster, Joan, Hall, Jenny
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