Nov 25, 2015 - cure their cancer.4 Somewhat surprisingly, patient-reported scores for physician communication were higher among those patients who had ...
J Gastrointest Surg (2016) 20:812–826 DOI 10.1007/s11605-015-3035-5
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Associations Between Patient Perceptions of Communication, Cure, and Other Patient-Related Factors Regarding Patient-Reported Quality of Care Following Surgical Resection of Lung and Colorectal Cancer Aslam Ejaz 1 & Yuhree Kim 2 & Megan Winner 2 & Andrew Page 2 & Diana Tisnado 3 & Sydney E. Morss Dy 4 & Timothy M. Pawlik 2,5
Received: 23 September 2015 / Accepted: 16 November 2015 / Published online: 25 November 2015 # 2015 The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Abstract Background The objective of the current study was to analyze various patient-related factors related to patient-reported quality of overall and surgical care following surgical resection of lung or colorectal cancer. Methods Between 2003 and 2005, 3,954 patients who underwent cancer-directed surgery for newly diagnosed lung (30.3 %) or colorectal (69.7 %) cancer were identified from a population- and health system-based survey of participants from multiple US regions. Factors associated with patient-perceived quality of overall and surgical care were analyzed with multivariable logistic regression models. Results Overall, 56.7 % of patients reported excellent quality of overall care and 67.9 % of patients reported excellent quality of surgical care; there was no difference by cancer type (P>0.05). Factors associated with lower likelihood to report excellent quality of overall and surgical care included female sex, minority race, and the presence of multiple comorbidities (all odds ratio [OR]
