Patient delay in cancer studies: a discussion of methods and measures
Open Access
- 19 October 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 9 (1) , 189
Abstract
There is no validated way of measuring the prevalence and duration of patient delay, and we do not know how people perceive and define the time intervals they are asked to report in patient delay studies. This lack of a validated measure hampers research in patient delay and is counterproductive to efforts directed at securing early diagnosis of cancer.Keywords
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