Impact of the pandemic on surgical oncology in Piedmont, Italy: A retrospective observational study

Background and Methods This retrospective observational study analyzes how the COVID‐19 pandemic affected surgical oncology healthcare in a large sample from Piedmont, Northern Italy. Patients admitted for regular hospitalization were included (n = 99 651). Data from 2020 were compared to the averag...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of surgical oncology 2024-05, Vol.129 (6), p.1165-1170
Hauptverfasser:	Lo Moro, Giuseppina, Ragusa, Paolo, Previti, Christian, Comandone, Alessandro, Airoldi, Mario, Aglietta, Massimo, Siliquini, Roberta
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer surgery COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology emergency admissions Female healthcare access strategies Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans impact assessment interrupted time series analysis Italy - epidemiology Male management Middle Aged Neoplasms - epidemiology Neoplasms - surgery Observational studies Oncology Pandemics Retrospective Studies SARS-CoV-2 Surgical Oncology - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	Background and Methods This retrospective observational study analyzes how the COVID‐19 pandemic affected surgical oncology healthcare in a large sample from Piedmont, Northern Italy. Patients admitted for regular hospitalization were included (n = 99 651). Data from 2020 were compared to the averages from 2016 to 2019, stratified by tumor site, year, month, and admission method, using interrupted time series analysis post‐March 2020. Results In 2020, oncological surgeries decreased by 12.3% (n = 17 923) compared to the 2016–2019 average (n = 20 432), notably dropping post‐March (incidence rate ratio = 0.858; p
ISSN:	0022-4790 1096-9098
DOI:	10.1002/jso.27606