Educational differences in healthcare use among survivors after breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancer - a SEQUEL cohort study.

Anne Katrine Graudal LevinsenTrille Kristina KjaerThomas MaltesenErik JakobsenIsmail GögenurMichael BorrePeer ChristiansenRobert ZachariaeSøren LaurbergPeter ChristensenNiels KromanSigne Benzon LarsenThea Helene DegettLisbet Rosenkrantz HölmichPeter de Nully BrownChristoffer JohansenSusanne K KjærLau Caspar ThygesenSusanne Oksbjerg Dalton

Published in: BMC health services research (2023)

Cancer survivors used more healthcare than cancer-free individuals. Cancer survivors with short education had more GP and acute healthcare contacts than survivors with long education. To optimize healthcare use after cancer, we need to better understand survivors' healthcare-seeking behaviors and their specific needs, especially among survivors with short education.

Keyphrases

healthcare
young adults
papillary thyroid
childhood cancer
prostate cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
mental health
liver failure
squamous cell
quality improvement
acute respiratory distress syndrome
health information
social media
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation