Andrés Felipe Patiño-Benavidez, Giancarlo Buitrago, Nicolás Rozo-Agudelo, Laura Estefanía Saldaña-Espinel, Óscar Andrés Gamboa-Garay, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Carlos Bonilla-González, Óscar Guevara-Cruz, Rubén Ernesto Caycedo, Edgar Germán Junca, Ricardo Sánchez-Pedraza
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to identify the association between healthcare fragmentation and survival for patients with colorectal cancer in Colombia. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was performed using administrative databases, with an electronic algorithm to identify patients with colorectal cancer based on codes. The patients were enrolled between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2016. The exposure variable was fragmentation, which was measured based on the number of different healthcare institutions that treated a patient during the first year after diagnosis...
January 18, 2024: Value in Health Regional Issues