Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Cancer Surgery: Analysis of Surgical Wait Times in British Columbia, Canada.

Delaram ShojaeiBrendan BakosJonathan LoreeAllison MahAlan SoColleen McGahanTerry P PhangCarl James Brown

Published in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2023)

Cancer surgery access may have been influenced by other factors, such as policy directives and local resource issues, independent of hospitalized COVID-19 patient volumes. The initial access limitations gradually improved with provincial and institutional resilience, and vaccine rollout.

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