Oral cancer patient's profile and time to treatment initiation in the public health system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Manoela Garcia Dias da ConceiçãoIsabel Cristina Martins EmmerickAna Claudia FigueiróVera Lúcia LuizaPublished in: BMC health services research (2021)
Time to treatment initiation (TTI) was higher for OC patients related to non OC. Despite OC confirmed was associated with risk at screening classified as urgent or emergent, a high percentage of OC patients had their risk classified for elective care when specialized care was requested.