Association between hospital interval and survival in patients with oral cancer: A waiting time paradox.

José Luis Lopez-CedrúnAna Otero-RicoInés Vázquez-MahíaJuan SeoaneLucía García-CaballeroJuan Manuel Seoane-RomeroPablo Ignacio Varela-Centelles

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The hospital interval represents a relevant interval for the patient's path towards treatment, has prognostic implications and is subject to a severity bias (waiting time paradox) that should be avoided.

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healthcare
acute care
adverse drug
emergency department
replacement therapy