Socioeconomic Inequality in the Head and Neck Cancer Referral System: Redressing the Balance
A self-reported symptom questionnaire can help rebalance urgent appointments to those with genuine red flag symptoms. This in turn reduces social inequality in 2WW referrals and reduces the number of inappropriate 2WW appointments.
Authors
- Aislinn FitzGerald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6312-3145)
- Sabrina Tengku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3292-8316)
- Jenny Montgomery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5000-4913)
- Alison E. Lim
Institutions
- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.14232
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.58