Epidemiological profile of Brazilian oncological patients seen by a reference oncology center of the public health system and who migrate in search of adequate health care.
Daniel de Iracema Gomes CuberoCláudia Vaz de Melo SetteBeatriz de Camargo Preto PiscopoCamila Ribeiro de Arruda MonteiroJean Henri Maselli SchoueriHeloísa Duarte de Andrade TavaresIgor Luiz ArganiMarília Arrais GarciaKaroline PassarelaAuro Del GiglioPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2019)
Results reflect the informal search for medical care outside the home area. Besides the direct impact on patients' quality of life, migratory flow has an economic-social impact because these patients place a burden and impose costs on services of cities where they do not perform their responsibilities as citizens. Confirmation of the existence of a significant migratory flow demonstrates the need to discuss restructuring public health policies.