Rural–Urban Disparities in Cancer Care—Analyzing Routinely Collected Patient‐Reported Outcomes. A Cross‐Sectional Study
Across all cancer types, as well as specific cancers, this study found mostly limited rural-urban differences regarding PROs. Except for colorectal and lung/bronchus cancer, patients living in rural areas reported similar or better PRO scores for all cancer types. Results support the hypothesis that improving access can help to level rural-urban disparities regarding cancer care outcomes, because all patients were treated in the same comprehensive cancer center, had similar access to care, and had similar PRO scores.
Authors
- Dominik Ose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5079-2152)
- Belinda Taylor
- Emmanuel Adediran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-2485)
- Mia Hashibe
- Brock O’Neil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-5824)
- N. Lynn Henry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4771-5930)
- Bayarmaa Mark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1577-6859)
- Kim Svoboda
- Krista Ocier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5822-3552)
- Wallace Akerly
Institutions
- Huntsman (United States) (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- University of Utah Hospital (US)
- Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70437
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- National Institutes of Health