BACKGROUND Only 36% of sick Australians report being able to get an appointment on the day they need it, which is poor by international standards. This delay in care may impact on practice team morale, practice profitability and patient care. The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program aims to find better ways to provide primary healthcare services to patients through shared learning, pe...

BACKGROUND Control of tuberculosis (TB) depends on early diagnosis and treatment at the primary health care level. However, many patients are still diagnosed late with TB at hospitals. The present study aimed to investigate the delay in diagnosis of TB patients at the emergency department. METHODS This was a prospective study in a general, tertiary care, university-affiliated hospital of a ci...

OBJECTIVE Characterize diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Bogota, Colombia and examine the extent and determinants of patient delay. MATERIAL AND METHODS Using a census approach we identified 1 106 women with breast cancer. Information was gathered through personal interviews and the review of medical records. Patient delay was defined as the time elapsed from first symptoms to initi...

BACKGROUND Delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis may worsen the disease, increase the risk of death and enhance tuberculosis transmission in the community. This study aims to determine the length of delay between the onset of symptoms and patients first visit to health care (patient delay), and the length of delay between health care visit and the diagnosis of tuberculosis (health service dela...

Background: Delay in start of tuberculosis (TB) treatment has an impact at both the individual level, by increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality, and at the community level, by increasing the risk of transmission. The aims of this study were to assess the delays in the start of treatment for TB patients in Oslo / Akershus region, Norway and to analyze risk factors for the delays. Methods...

familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) is a hereditary autosomal dominant cancer syndrome, results from germ line mutation or deletion of the adenomatous polyposis coli (apc) gene on chromosome 5q21. patients with fap suffer from multiple polyps mainly at the colorectal region as well as other parts of the gastrointestinal tract, which has propensity to transform into carcinoma. fap has also been...

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and has a high mortality rate in women. Patient-mediated factors healthcare provider-mediated are associated with delay. This study aims to identify breast delay.Methods: A systematic review was carried out using PRISMA without meta-analysis method on articles published 2012-2021. Article searches were conducted ScienceDirect, PubMed, ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the predictive factors (with emphasis on diagnostic delay) associated with the diagnosis of an advanced-clinical stage head and neck cancer. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of patients with head and neck cancer originally recruited for a case-control study. SETTING Three referral oncological centers in metropolitan areas in southern Brazil: São Paulo, Curitiba, and Goiâni...

INTRODUCTION Delayed patient admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to lack of bed availability is a common problem, but the effect on patient outcome is not fully known. METHODS A retrospective study was performed using departmental computerised records to determine the effect of delayed ICU admission and temporary management within the operating theatre suite on patient outcome. Eme...

Oral cancer is a public health problem. Despite all the efforts and improvements in the field of oncology, the mortality rate had not significantly declined in the course of recent years. This may be due to the fact that diagnosis of oral cancer is frequently delayed. The main goal of this study is to analyze the factors responsible of this delay. We analyzed the clinical history of 76 patients...