Danish Cancer in Primary Care
Initiatives
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This study aims to investigate the association between distance to health services and intervals in the cancer diagnostic pathway, and explore whether the diagnostic difficulty of the cancer influences this association.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2005
- End Year
- 2016
- Funding
- This project was funded by the Danish Cancer Society and the Health Foundation. None of the funding sources were involved in the planning or conduction of the analysis, interpretation, or writing of the paper.
Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
Marker Paper
Flytkjær Virgilsen L, Møller H, Vedsted P. Cancer diagnostic delays and travel distance to health services: A nationwide cohort study in Denmark. Cancer Epidemiol. 2019;59:115‐122. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2019.01.018
PUBMED 30738284
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 37,872
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Danish Cancer in Primary Care
A nationwide cohort study was conducted based on data from both questionnaires and registries. Danish cancer patients diagnosed in 2005–2016 and their general practitioner (GP) were included if enrolled in the Danish Cancer in Primary Care (CaP) cohort (n = 37,872). The CaP cohorts provided data on intervals assessed by patients and GPs. The Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to calculate travel distances from the residence of the patient to their GP surgery and to the hospital of diagnosis.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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18
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Denmark
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Danish cancer patients diagnosed in 2005–2016.
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- Specific population
- Specific Population
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- Clinic patients
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 37,872
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
The Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to calculate travel distances from the residence of the patient to their GP surgery and to the hospital of diagnosis.
- Start Date
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2005
- End Date
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2016
- Data sources
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Geospatial technology
- Geographical information systems (GIS)
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Geospatial technology