Jeanette Costigan

Jan 8, 2024 | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ajay Aggarwal |Lu Han |Daniel Lewis |Jeanette Costigan

INTRODUCTION Several countries have introduced policies that enable patients to choose a hospital where they will have their treatment with the aim of building a more patient-centered and efficient health system and to drive improvements in quality.1-3 To date, studies in bowel and prostate cancer have demonstrated that, in the English National Health Service (NHS), up to one in three patients bypass their nearest surgical center for treatment.4-6 Patients who bypass their nearest hospital...