Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on electronic referrals to rapid access clinics for suspected breast, lung and prostate cancers in Ireland
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted patterns of e-referrals to RACs in the first three pandemic waves in Ireland. Early identification of changes in engagement with health services, such as a decrease in primary care presentations with a resultant decrease in e-referrals to RACs can allow for a rapid response from cancer control programmes. Continued surveillance of the impact of service disruption on cancer services allows policy makers and strategic leaders in cancer control programmes to respond rapidly to mitigate the impact on cancer outcomes.
Authors
- Kathleen Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-7665)
- Deirdre M. Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2201-9912)
- Triona McCarthy
- Maeve Mullooly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-6907)
- Ian Dawkins
- Niamh Bambury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-5460)
- Paula Tierney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0428-9457)
- Patrick Redmond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-2018)
- Mengyang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2195-3973)
- Louise Burke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-9691)
- Paul M. Walsh
Institutions
- Population Council (IN)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Cork University Hospital (IE)
- National Cancer Registry (IE)
- Dublin City University (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae092
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.41
Funders
- Health Research Board
- Irish Cancer Society