Association between age, deprivation and specific comorbid conditions and the receipt of major surgery in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in England: A population-based study.
Aurélien BelotHelen FowlerEdmund Njeru NjagiMiguel-Angel Luque-FernandezCamille MaringeWinnie MagadiAimilia ExarchakouManuela QuaresmaAdrian TurculetMichael D PeakeNeal NavaniBernard RachetPublished in: Thorax (2018)
Comorbidities play an important role in whether patients undergo surgery, but do not completely explain the socioeconomic difference observed in early stage patients. Future work investigating access to and distance from specialist hospitals, as well as patient perceptions and patient choice in receiving surgery, could help disentangle these persistent socioeconomic inequalities.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- early stage
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery bypass
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- primary care
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- patient reported outcomes
- decision making
- rectal cancer