Effects of continuity of care on the postradiotherapy survival of working-age patients with oral cavity cancer: A nationwide population-based cohort study in Taiwan

Tsu Jen Kuo, Pei Chen Wu, Pei Ling Tang, Chun-Hao Yin, Chi Hsiang Chu and Yao-Min Hung

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Objectives: Cancer of the oral cavity, a well-known global health concern, remains one of most common causes of cancer mortality. Continuity of care (COC), a measurement of the extent to which an individual patient receives care from a given provider over a specified period of time, can help cancer survivors process their experiences of dealing with the illness and recuperation; however, limited research has focused on the survival rate of working-age patients with oral cancer. Methods: A total of 14,240 working-age patients (20 0.38) and non-high COC (COCI ≤ 0.38) groups. After propensity-score matching, the mortality risk in the low and intermediate COC groups was also found to be significantly higher than that in the high COC group (aHR = 1.178, 95% CI = 1.074–1.292, p

Date: 2019
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