Factors influencing the delivery of cancer pathways: a summary of the literature
Factors influencing the delivery of cancer pathways: a summary of the literature
Purpose: the study aims to summarise the literature on cancer care pathways at the diagnostic and treatment phases. The objectives are to find factors influencing the delivery of cancer care pathways; to highlight any interrelating factors; to find gaps in the literature concerning areas of research; to summarise the strategies and recommendations implemented in the studies.
Design/methodology/approach: the study used a qualitative approach and developed a causal loop diagram to summarise the current literature on cancer care pathways, from screening and diagnosis to treatment. A total of 46 papers was finally included in the analysis, which highlights the recurring themes in the literature.
Findings: the study highlights the myriad areas of research applied to cancer care pathways. Factors influencing the delivery of cancer care pathways were classified into different albeit interrelated themes. These include access barriers to care, hospital emergency admissions, fast track diagnostics, delay in diagnosis, waiting time to treatment and strategies to increase system efficiency.
Originality/value: as far as the authors know, this is the first study to present a visual representation of the complex relationship between factors influencing the delivery of cancer care pathways.
Access barriers, Cancer care pathways, Diagnostics, Literature review, Qualitative mapping, Treatment
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Brice, Syaribah
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Gartner, Daniel
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Gartner, Daniel
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Arruda, Edilson F.
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Brice, Syaribah, Harper, Paul R., Crosby, Tom, Gartner, Daniel, Arruda, Edilson F., England, Tracey, Aspland, Emma and Foley, Kieran
(2021)
Factors influencing the delivery of cancer pathways: a summary of the literature.
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35 (9), .
(doi:10.1108/JHOM-05-2020-0192).
Abstract
Purpose: the study aims to summarise the literature on cancer care pathways at the diagnostic and treatment phases. The objectives are to find factors influencing the delivery of cancer care pathways; to highlight any interrelating factors; to find gaps in the literature concerning areas of research; to summarise the strategies and recommendations implemented in the studies.
Design/methodology/approach: the study used a qualitative approach and developed a causal loop diagram to summarise the current literature on cancer care pathways, from screening and diagnosis to treatment. A total of 46 papers was finally included in the analysis, which highlights the recurring themes in the literature.
Findings: the study highlights the myriad areas of research applied to cancer care pathways. Factors influencing the delivery of cancer care pathways were classified into different albeit interrelated themes. These include access barriers to care, hospital emergency admissions, fast track diagnostics, delay in diagnosis, waiting time to treatment and strategies to increase system efficiency.
Originality/value: as far as the authors know, this is the first study to present a visual representation of the complex relationship between factors influencing the delivery of cancer care pathways.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 January 2021
Published date: 24 March 2021
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This work has resulted from research funded by a Cancer Research UK grant Analysis and Modelling of a Single Cancer Pathway Diagnostics (Early Diagnosis Project Award A27882).
Keywords:
Access barriers, Cancer care pathways, Diagnostics, Literature review, Qualitative mapping, Treatment
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446720
ISSN: 1477-7266
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Syaribah Brice
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Paul R. Harper
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Tom Crosby
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Daniel Gartner
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Edilson F. Arruda
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Emma Aspland
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Kieran Foley
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