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0420/2023 - A Tool for Analysis of Patients\' Travels for Treating Breast Cancer in the Brazilian Public Health System Based on the National Hospital Cancer Registry
Ferramenta para Análise do Deslocamento de Pacientes em Tratamento de Câncer de Mama no SUS a partir do Registro Hospitalar de Câncer

Author:

• Luis Fernado Reis Tavares Pais - Pais, L. F. R. T. - <luisfernandopais@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4802-0196

Co-author(s):

• José Luiz Barbosa Bevilacqua - Bevilacqua, J. L. B. - <bevilacqua@mastologia.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3052-4062
• José Maria Parente de Oliveira - de Oliveira, J. M. P. - <parente@ita.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-1718
• Ricardo da Silva Santos - Santos, R. da S. - <rsantos@ita.br; rsantos@cmpx.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8933-790X


Abstract:

In Brazil, it was estimated that there will be around 704 thousand new cases of cancer in the period 2023-2025, with breast cancer being the most frequent type with 10.37% of the total. The organization of care networks is based on the regionalized model. This organization, however, means that patients sometimes must travel long distances to receive the diagnosis and treatment. The patient's travels have been the subject of studies around the world. In the international context, the focus is on the association between travel and clinical outcome. In the national scenario, the focus is still restricted to the characterization of travel distance, and for this purpose, it uses the database of the outpatient information system (SIA-SUS). Considering the need to evaluate the use of a database that allows more detailed analyses of patients' travels, the goal of this work was to present the development of a computational tool for the analysis of patients' travels for treating breast cancer, based on the National Hospital Cancer Registry (RHC). The tool was developed and implemented, and, despite potential limitations, it proved to be efficient in producing information, thus demonstrating that it is possible to use the RHC to analyze the patients' travels.

Keywords:

data analysis, data mining, breast neoplasms, regional health planning, health services accessibility

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Pais, L. F. R. T., Bevilacqua, J. L. B., de Oliveira, J. M. P., Santos, R. da S.. A Tool for Analysis of Patients\' Travels for Treating Breast Cancer in the Brazilian Public Health System Based on the National Hospital Cancer Registry. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Dec). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/a-tool-for-analysis-of-patients-travels-for-treating-breast-cancer-in-the-brazilian-public-health-system-based-on-the-national-hospital-cancer-registry/19046



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