Access to care and outcomes for noncurative esophagogastric cancer: A population-based geographic study.

Authors

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Elliott Kenneth Yee

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Elliott Kenneth Yee , Natalie Coburn , Victoria Zuk , Laura E Davis , Alyson Mahar , Ying Liu , Vaibhav Gupta , Gail Elizabeth Darling , Julie Hallet

Organizations

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

Other
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) grant

Background: Esophagogastric cancer (EGC) carries a heavy mortality burden owing largely to high rates of unresectable disease at diagnosis. Among patients not undergoing curative-intent therapy, access to care may vary. We examined the geographic distribution of care delivery and survival across a jurisdiction, and its relationship with distance to cancer centres (CCs), for non-curative EGC. Methods: We conducted a population-based analysis of adults with non-curative EGC from 2005-2017 using linked administrative healthcare datasets in Ontario, Canada. Outcomes were medical oncology consultation, receipt of chemotherapy, and overall survival (OS). We used geographic information system analysis to map locations of CCs and outcomes across census divisions. Regions of discordance between care use and OS were identified with bivariate choropleth maps. Multivariable modified Poisson models assessed the relationship between distance to the nearest CC and outcomes, adjusting for demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic factors. Results: Of 10,228 patients surviving a median of 5.1 months (IQR: 2.0-12.0), 68.6% had medical oncology consultation and 32.2% received chemotherapy. Regions of comparable OS and care delivery were clustered throughout the province. CCs were distributed unevenly, with higher levels in Southern Ontario. Higher-level CCs clustered in regions with higher rates of consultation, chemotherapy use, and OS. Each increment in distance from location of residence to the nearest CC (11-50, 51-100, and ≥101 km) was associated with lower likelihood of seeing medical oncology and receiving chemotherapy, and inferior OS, compared to ≤10 km. Conclusions: A third of patients with non-curative EGC did not see medical oncology, and the majority did not receive chemotherapy. Care delivery and OS exhibited high geographic variability. Location of residence influenced access to care and OS, with inferior outcomes for those living further from a CC. These findings are important for designing interventions and policies to reduce disparities in access to care and outcomes for non-curative EGC.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Esophageal and Gastric Cancer and Other GI Cancers

Track

Esophageal and Gastric Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Other

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 284)

Abstract #

284

Poster Bd #

A3

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