Delays in health care associated with a lack of timely transportation resulted in increased ED use and risk for all-cause mortality among adult cancer survivors, study results showed.
Findings published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute revealed associations of transportation access with ED use and mortality and among adults with and without a cancer history, but those who had both a history of cancer and barriers to timely transportation had the greatest risk, investigators noted.
“Cancer survivors are a population with high health care needs and increased risk for developing