Treatment Patterns and Differences in Survival of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Between Academic and Non-Academic Hospitals in the Netherlands

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survival is compared between patients treated in all academic (n [1289) versus all non-academic (n = 12,698) Dutch hospitals, using Kaplan-Meier estimates and a Cox proportional hazards model. For 1009 patients, treatment patterns are described. Diagnosis in an academic hospital is associated with decreased mortality. Possibilities for improvement of NSCLC care are suggested. Background: The aims of this study are to analyze differences in survival between academic and non-academic hospitals and to provide insight into treatment patterns for non-small cell lu... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van der Linden, Naomi
Bongers, Mathilda L.
Coupe, Veerle M. H.
Smit, Egbert F.
Groen, Harry J. M.
Welling, Alle
Schramel, Franz M. N. H.
Uyl-de Groot, Carin A.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Reihe/Periodikum: van der Linden , N , Bongers , M L , Coupe , V M H , Smit , E F , Groen , H J M , Welling , A , Schramel , F M N H & Uyl-de Groot , C A 2017 , ' Treatment Patterns and Differences in Survival of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Between Academic and Non-Academic Hospitals in the Netherlands ' , Clinical lung cancer , vol. 18 , no. 5 , pp. e341-e347 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cllc.2015.11.011
Schlagwörter: Academic medical centers / Cancer registry / General hospitals / Mortality / Therapy
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27600995
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
Powered By: BASE
Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/11370/74c01160-a2c8-48da-b66a-81e285c31a1a