Healthcare Professional and Patient Perceptions of Changes in Colorectal Cancer Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Health Inequalities.

Athena IpGeorgia BlackCecilia Vindrola-PadrosClaire TaylorSophie OtterMadeleine HewishAfsana BhuiyaJulie CallinAngela WongMichael MachesneyJames GreenRaymond OliphantNaomi J FulopCath TaylorKatriina L Whitaker

Published in: Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center (2022)

Changes in healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic have the ongoing potential to exacerbate existing health inequalities due to changes in how patients are triaged, changes to diagnostic and disease management processes, reduced social support available to patients and potential over-reliance on digital first approaches. We provide several recommendations to help mitigate these harms, whilst harnessing the gains.

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deep learning
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