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The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status

Patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) are among the most underserved groups of people regarding cancer care. Analyzing the impact of the coronavirus‐induced disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on health care disparities and calling attention to inequalities in cancer care is crucial to justify a...

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Autores principales: Zeilinger, Elisabeth L., Lubowitzki, Simone, Unseld, Matthias, Schneckenreiter, Carmen, Heindl, Daniel, Staber, Philipp B., Raderer, Markus, Valent, Peter, Zöchbauer‐Müller, Sabine, Bartsch, Rupert, Prager, Gerald, Jaeger, Ulrich, Gaiger, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9087749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35128650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33960
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author Zeilinger, Elisabeth L.
Lubowitzki, Simone
Unseld, Matthias
Schneckenreiter, Carmen
Heindl, Daniel
Staber, Philipp B.
Raderer, Markus
Valent, Peter
Zöchbauer‐Müller, Sabine
Bartsch, Rupert
Prager, Gerald
Jaeger, Ulrich
Gaiger, Alexander
author_facet Zeilinger, Elisabeth L.
Lubowitzki, Simone
Unseld, Matthias
Schneckenreiter, Carmen
Heindl, Daniel
Staber, Philipp B.
Raderer, Markus
Valent, Peter
Zöchbauer‐Müller, Sabine
Bartsch, Rupert
Prager, Gerald
Jaeger, Ulrich
Gaiger, Alexander
author_sort Zeilinger, Elisabeth L.
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description Patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) are among the most underserved groups of people regarding cancer care. Analyzing the impact of the coronavirus‐induced disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on health care disparities and calling attention to inequalities in cancer care is crucial to justify and initiate adequate countermeasures. We aimed to determine whether the COVID‐19 pandemic aggravated health care disparities of cancer outpatients related to their SES and analyzed patient data of the largest university center providing services for patients with hematologic and oncologic disorders in Austria from 2018 to 2021. SES was assessed using three indicators: monthly net household income, level of education and occupational prestige. In total, 1217 cancer outpatients (51.1% female) with a mean age of 59.4 years (SD = 14.2) participated. In the first year of the pandemic, the relative proportion of individuals with low income, low education level and low occupational prestige seeking cancer care at our outpatient center decreased significantly (P ≤ .015). The strongest indicator was income, with a consistent effect throughout the first pandemic year. Countermeasures and specific interventions to support cancer patients with low SES in their access to health care should be initiated and prioritized.
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spelling pubmed-90877492022-05-10 The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status Zeilinger, Elisabeth L. Lubowitzki, Simone Unseld, Matthias Schneckenreiter, Carmen Heindl, Daniel Staber, Philipp B. Raderer, Markus Valent, Peter Zöchbauer‐Müller, Sabine Bartsch, Rupert Prager, Gerald Jaeger, Ulrich Gaiger, Alexander Int J Cancer CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY Patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) are among the most underserved groups of people regarding cancer care. Analyzing the impact of the coronavirus‐induced disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on health care disparities and calling attention to inequalities in cancer care is crucial to justify and initiate adequate countermeasures. We aimed to determine whether the COVID‐19 pandemic aggravated health care disparities of cancer outpatients related to their SES and analyzed patient data of the largest university center providing services for patients with hematologic and oncologic disorders in Austria from 2018 to 2021. SES was assessed using three indicators: monthly net household income, level of education and occupational prestige. In total, 1217 cancer outpatients (51.1% female) with a mean age of 59.4 years (SD = 14.2) participated. In the first year of the pandemic, the relative proportion of individuals with low income, low education level and low occupational prestige seeking cancer care at our outpatient center decreased significantly (P ≤ .015). The strongest indicator was income, with a consistent effect throughout the first pandemic year. Countermeasures and specific interventions to support cancer patients with low SES in their access to health care should be initiated and prioritized. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-02-17 2022-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9087749/ /pubmed/35128650 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33960 Text en © 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Cancer published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of UICC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
Zeilinger, Elisabeth L.
Lubowitzki, Simone
Unseld, Matthias
Schneckenreiter, Carmen
Heindl, Daniel
Staber, Philipp B.
Raderer, Markus
Valent, Peter
Zöchbauer‐Müller, Sabine
Bartsch, Rupert
Prager, Gerald
Jaeger, Ulrich
Gaiger, Alexander
The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
title The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
title_full The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
title_fullStr The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
title_full_unstemmed The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
title_short The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
title_sort impact of covid‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status
topic CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9087749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35128650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33960
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