Impact of COVID-19 on Gynecologic Oncology Wait Times: A Mystery Caller Study
Understanding factors influencing appointment wait times is essential to mitigating harm in oncologic care. Ours is the first nationwide audit of COVID-19's impact on barriers to gynecologic oncology care. While we highlight a surprising lack of increase in wait times between 2020 and 2023, we also identify actionable barriers to care such as updating public patient-facing information online.
Authors
- Spyridon Mastroyannis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1333-2269)
- Tyler M. Muffly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2044-1693)
- Josh Durfee
- Kati Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3271-6826)
- M.H. LeMieux
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Denver Health Medical Center (US)
- Denver Public Health (US)
- Health and Hospital Corporation (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.72328
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00