Access to Cancer Surgery in a Universal Health Care System During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Antoine Eskander, Qing Li, Julie Hallet, Natalie G. Coburn, Timothy P. Hanna, Jonathan C. Irish, Rinku Sutradhar
Abstract
This cohort study quantifies the cancer surgical backlog and determines whether there were differences in sociodemographic and hospital characteristics among patients undergoing cancer surgery in the pre– and peri–coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) periods.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineCancer surgeryCancerCohort2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Health careDiseaseCoronavirusGeneral surgeryEmergency medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyInternal medicineOutbreakEconomicsEconomic growthCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsEconomic and Financial Impacts of CancerGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening