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Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate the trend of domestic medical travel from non-Seoul areas to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment, and identify factors associated with medical travel in breast cancer patients. METHODS: A nationwide retrospective cohort study was performed using...
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The Korean Surgical Society
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9929435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36816739 http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/astr.2023.104.2.71 |
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author | Jeong, Jae Ho Jung, Jinhong Kim, Hee Jeong Lee, Jong Won Ko, Beom-Seok Son, Byung Ho Jung, Kyung Hae Chung, Il Yong |
author_facet | Jeong, Jae Ho Jung, Jinhong Kim, Hee Jeong Lee, Jong Won Ko, Beom-Seok Son, Byung Ho Jung, Kyung Hae Chung, Il Yong |
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description | PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate the trend of domestic medical travel from non-Seoul areas to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment, and identify factors associated with medical travel in breast cancer patients. METHODS: A nationwide retrospective cohort study was performed using the Health Insurance Review and Assessment data of South Korea. Patients were classified according to the regions in which they underwent breast biopsy (Seoul vs. metropolitan cities vs. other regions). Frequencies of biopsy, diagnosis, treatment, and domestic medical travel were analyzed according to regions, and factors associated with medical travel were investigated. RESULTS: A total of 150,709 breast cancer survivors who were diagnosed between January 2010 and December 2017 were included. The total rate of medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul had increased from 14.2% (1,161 of 8,150) in 2010 to 19.8% (2,762 of 13,964) in 2017. Approximately a quarter of patients from other regions traveled to Seoul, and over 40% of patients from Chungbuk, Gyeongbuk, and Jeju regions traveled to Seoul for initial treatment in 2017. The difference in the annual frequencies of upfront surgery between Seoul and non-Seoul regions increased over time. Younger age and regions other than metropolitan cities were significantly related to medical travel. Patients covered by medical aid or past medical histories were significantly less likely to travel to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment. CONCLUSION: Medical travel to Seoul for upfront breast cancer surgery is increasing. Policies for appropriate healthcare delivery need to be established in the near future. |
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spelling | pubmed-99294352023-02-16 Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study Jeong, Jae Ho Jung, Jinhong Kim, Hee Jeong Lee, Jong Won Ko, Beom-Seok Son, Byung Ho Jung, Kyung Hae Chung, Il Yong Ann Surg Treat Res Original Article PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate the trend of domestic medical travel from non-Seoul areas to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment, and identify factors associated with medical travel in breast cancer patients. METHODS: A nationwide retrospective cohort study was performed using the Health Insurance Review and Assessment data of South Korea. Patients were classified according to the regions in which they underwent breast biopsy (Seoul vs. metropolitan cities vs. other regions). Frequencies of biopsy, diagnosis, treatment, and domestic medical travel were analyzed according to regions, and factors associated with medical travel were investigated. RESULTS: A total of 150,709 breast cancer survivors who were diagnosed between January 2010 and December 2017 were included. The total rate of medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul had increased from 14.2% (1,161 of 8,150) in 2010 to 19.8% (2,762 of 13,964) in 2017. Approximately a quarter of patients from other regions traveled to Seoul, and over 40% of patients from Chungbuk, Gyeongbuk, and Jeju regions traveled to Seoul for initial treatment in 2017. The difference in the annual frequencies of upfront surgery between Seoul and non-Seoul regions increased over time. Younger age and regions other than metropolitan cities were significantly related to medical travel. Patients covered by medical aid or past medical histories were significantly less likely to travel to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment. CONCLUSION: Medical travel to Seoul for upfront breast cancer surgery is increasing. Policies for appropriate healthcare delivery need to be established in the near future. The Korean Surgical Society 2023-02 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9929435/ /pubmed/36816739 http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/astr.2023.104.2.71 Text en Copyright © 2023, the Korean Surgical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research is an Open Access Journal. All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Jeong, Jae Ho Jung, Jinhong Kim, Hee Jeong Lee, Jong Won Ko, Beom-Seok Son, Byung Ho Jung, Kyung Hae Chung, Il Yong Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
title | Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
title_full | Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
title_fullStr | Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
title_full_unstemmed | Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
title_short | Domestic medical travel from non-Seoul regions to Seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
title_sort | domestic medical travel from non-seoul regions to seoul for initial breast cancer treatment: a nationwide cohort study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9929435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36816739 http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/astr.2023.104.2.71 |
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