The relationship of travel distance with cystectomy access and outcomes

Regionalization of care and travel distance may result in unintended consequences for complex surgery such as cystectomy. Our objective was to evaluate effect of differential distance on cystectomy receipt among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and investigate the association between travel distance and cystectomy outcomes such as readmission.

Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - March 19, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Angela B. Smith, Anne-Marie Meyer, Ke Meng, Matthew E. Nielsen, Raj Pruthi, Eric Wallen, Michael Woods, Hung-Jui Tan Tags: Original article Source Type: research