Patterns of Care of Neuroendocrine Cancer in Ontario: Health Services Delivery

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Introduction: Delayed diagnosis and treatment of NETs may result in increased health care utilization, medical costs and patient distress. Patients may be treated by different specialists and modalities.

Aim(s): To analyze health care utilization of NETs patients in Ontario and variations in treatments.

Materials and methods: Using the Ontario Cancer Registry (cross-linked with the Registered Persons Database and the Canadian Institute of Health Information Discharge Abstract Database), all cases of NETs were identified in Ontario (> 13 million persons) from 1994 to 2009. Baseline demographic, clinical and outcomes data were abstracted.

Conference: 9th Annual ENETSConcerence (2012)

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Authors: Singh S, Cukier M, Liu N, Saskin R, Law C,

Keywords: health services delivery,