Are inequalities in cancer diagnosis through emergency presentation narrowing, widening or remaining unchanged? Longitudinal analysis of English population-based data 2006-2013
dc.contributor.author | Herbert, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Abel, GA | |
dc.contributor.author | Winters, S | |
dc.contributor.author | McPhail, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Elliss-Brookes, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Lyratzopoulos, G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-07T14:10:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-11-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background Diagnosis of cancer through emergency presentation is associated with poorer prognosis. While reductions in emergency presentations have been described, whether known sociodemographic inequalities are changing is uncertain. Methods We analysed 'Routes to Diagnosis' data on patients aged ≥25 years diagnosed in England during 2006-2013 with any of 33 common or rarer cancers. Using binary logistic regression we determined time-Trends in diagnosis through emergency presentation by age, deprivation and cancer site. Results Overall adjusted proportions of emergency presentations decreased during the study period (2006: 23%, 2013: 20%). Substantial baseline (2006) inequalities in emergency presentation risk by age and deprivation remained largely unchanged. There was evidence (p<0.05) of reductions in the risk of emergency presentations for most (28/33) cancer sites, without apparent associations between the size of reduction and baseline risk (p=0.26). If there had been modest reductions in age inequalities (ie, patients in each age group acquiring the same percentage of emergency presentations as the adjacent group with lower risk), in the last study year we could have expected around 11 000 fewer diagnoses through emergency presentation (ie, a nationwide percentage of 16% rather than the observed 20%). For similarly modest reductions in deprivation inequalities, we could have expected around 3000 fewer (ie, 19%). Conclusion The proportion of cancer diagnoses through emergency presentation is decreasing but age and deprivation inequalities prevail, indicating untapped opportunities for further improvements by reducing these inequalities. The observed reductions in proportions across nearly all cancer sites are likely to reflect both earlier help-seeking and improvements in diagnostic healthcare pathways, across both easier-To-suspect and harder-To-suspect cancers. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Cancer Research UK | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 73 (1), pp. 3 - 10 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/jech-2017-210371 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | C18081/A18180 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/35807 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | en_GB |
dc.rights | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | en_GB |
dc.title | Are inequalities in cancer diagnosis through emergency presentation narrowing, widening or remaining unchanged? Longitudinal analysis of English population-based data 2006-2013 | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-07T14:10:47Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-005X | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from BMJ Publishing Group via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | This project involves data derived from patient-level information collected by the NHS, as part of the care and support of patients with cancer. The data are collated, maintained and quality assured by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service, which is part of Public Health England (PHE). Access to the data was facilitated by the PHE Office for Data Release (release ODR_2014_252). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-08-31 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2018-08-31 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-02-07T14:02:46Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-02-07T14:10:54Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.depositException | publishedGoldOA |
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