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Surgeon and Care Team Network Measures and Timely Breast Cancer Treatment

Description
Presents a study exploring patient-sharing network characteristics associated with delays in treatment for breast cancer patients. Discusses factors that affect surgeon and care team patient-sharing networks that can lead to delays in surgeries and post-surgical treatments. Highlights the role rurality plays in the structure and delays within patient-sharing networks.
Author(s)
Ramsey Ash, Bruno T. Scodari, Andrew P. Schaefer, et al.
Citation
JAMA Network Open, 7(8), e2427451
Date
08/2024
Tagged as
Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Surgery