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Unravelling the lung cancer diagnostic pathway: identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement
Mateja Marc Malovrh
Mateja Marc Malovrh
and
Katja Adamic
Katja Adamic
| Apr 14, 2024
Radiology and Oncology
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Article Category:
Research Article
Published Online:
Apr 14, 2024
Page range:
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Received:
Dec 18, 2023
Accepted:
Jan 20, 2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2024-0025
Keywords
lung cancer
,
diagnostic pathway
,
improvement
© 2024 Mateja Marc Malovrh et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
FIGURE 1.
Triage for patients with lung infiltrates from January 1 to the end of March 2023 and in June 2023 (total number of referred patients, number of hospitalized patients, and number of redirected patients per month).
FIGURE 2.
Patient satisfaction across diagnostic process stages. The proportion of patients who were asked: How satisfied were you during the diagnostic process? and answered with 1 (not satisfied) to 5 (very satisfied).
FIGURE 3.
Sources of stress among patients during the diagnostic process (N = 47). Other reasons were sharing a room with three patients, Covid-19 infection, communication issues with staff, feelings of helplessness, social concerns, and fear.
FIGURE 4.
Patient reported waiting times from the GP referral to an initial appointment at the Golnik University Clinic (N = 52) (A); and for receiving a final diagnosis (B).