Lung Cancer Surgical Regionalization Disproportionately Worsens Travel Distance for Rural Patients.

Joshua N HerbLisette N DunhamGita ModyJason M LongKaryn B Stitzenberg

Published in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2020)

In North Carolina, lung cancer surgical regionalization occurred over the study period and was accompanied by increases in travel distance for rural patients only. Further work is needed to determine the effects of greater travel distance on patterns of cancer care for rural patients.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors