Sabesan Sabe, Piliouras Peter
Department of Medical Oncology, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Rural Remote Health. 2009 Jul-Sep;9(3):1146. Epub 2009 Jul 17.
Many reasons for the disparity in survival of 5-7% between rural and urban cancer patients relate to government policies and funding issues. However rural healthcare workers, particularly medical practitioners, can make an impact on reducing this disparity with attention to factors such as reducing referral processing time, using telemedicine, and ensuring ongoing education of rural patients regarding risk factors and screening programs, among other strategies.
农村和城市癌症患者之间5-7%的生存率差距存在诸多原因，这与政府政策和资金问题有关。然而，农村医护人员，尤其是医生，可以通过关注减少转诊处理时间、使用远程医疗以及确保农村患者持续接受关于风险因素和筛查项目的教育等因素，以及其他策略，来缩小这一差距。
