Trends in Patient Volume by Hospital Type and the Association of These Trends With Time to Cancer Treatment Initiation
Frosch ZAK, Illenberger N, Mitra N, Boffa DJ, Facktor MA, Nelson H, Palis BE, Bekelman JE, Shulman LN, Takvorian SU. Trends in Patient Volume by Hospital Type and the Association of These Trends With Time to Cancer Treatment Initiation. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2115675. PMID: 34241630, PMCID: PMC8271360, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment initiationCross-sectional studyCommunity hospitalHospital typeAcademic centersPatient volumeNCI centersMAIN OUTCOMETimely treatmentMean annual rateCancer treatmentCancer treatment initiationCancer-accredited hospitalsCommon incident cancerFirst cancer treatmentNational Cancer DatabaseTime interaction termNational Cancer InstituteMean annual changeAdult patientsIncident cancerReferral centerTreatment delayCancer careCancer Database