Patterns of domestic migrations and access to childhood cancer care centres in Italy: a report from the hospital based registry of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (AIEOP)

European Journal of Cancer : Official Journal for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [and] European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
Elisa DamaItalian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (AIEOP)

Abstract

Tertiary care centres, grouped in the Italian Association of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (AIEOP) are unevenly distributed across the country. In an attempt to describe their perceived efficacy, we matched the residence and the location of the treatment centre in 18,441 patients aged <or=15 years treated in the AIEOP network between 1989 and 2005. Overall, centres located in the central and southern regions were less appealing than those located in the North, although this trend decreased over the study period. Patients with solid tumours migrated more frequently than those with leukaemia or lymphoma. Information resulting from better knowledge of the non-random migrations for treatment of children with cancer will be useful to refine planning of the national paediatric haematology-oncology network with social and economic implications.

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Sep 20, 2011·Italian Journal of Pediatrics·Roberto RondelliAndrea Pession
Mar 23, 2010·Haematologica·Désirée CaselliUNKNOWN Infection Study Group of the Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica (AIEOP)
Jan 14, 2011·Haematologica·Emanuele PivettaUNKNOWN Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (AIEOP) Group
Sep 24, 2008·European Journal of Cancer : Official Journal for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [and] European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)·Michael C G Stevens
Apr 23, 2015·European Journal of Cancer : Official Journal for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [and] European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)·Eva Steliarova-FoucherRafael Peris-Bonet
Feb 19, 2015·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Alberto SalvanUNKNOWN SETIL Research Group
Feb 14, 2019·Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology·Max Moura de OliveiraMaria Paula Curado
Oct 30, 2019·Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology·Andrea FerrariAnnalisa Trama
Nov 18, 2014·PloS One·Stefano MattioliUNKNOWN SETIL Study Group

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