Collins I, Naidoo J, Rowley S, Reynolds J V, Kennedy M J
HOPE directorate, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8.
Ir Med J. 2009 Oct;102(9):279-82.
We analysed the waiting times for patients in a Dublin hospital from 2001 to 2006, and evaluated trends in each of 4 cancer diagnoses; breast, lung, colorectal and upper gastrointestinal (gastric and oesophageal). Measured times were; time from referral to first seen, time from first seen to diagnosis and time from diagnosis to treatment. Patient numbers increased 39% from 529 in 2001 to 737 in 2006. As a result waiting times have increased over the 6 years. While median time from referral to first seen for breast cancer was 7 days, it rose from 2 to 5 days for lung cancer, 1 to 2 days for colorectal cancer, and 1 to 6 days for upper GI cancers. The time from diagnosis to treatment rose from 8 to 15 days (breast), 10 days to 25 (lung), 6 to 14 days (colorectal) and 7 to 13 days (Upper GI). Waiting times however, remain within international standards.
我们分析了2001年至2006年都柏林一家医院患者的等待时间，并评估了4种癌症诊断（乳腺癌、肺癌、结直肠癌和上消化道癌（胃癌和食管癌））各自的趋势。测量的时间包括：从转诊到首次就诊的时间、从首次就诊到诊断的时间以及从诊断到治疗的时间。患者人数从2001年的529人增加了39%，至2006年达到737人。结果，等待时间在这6年中有所增加。虽然乳腺癌从转诊到首次就诊的中位时间为7天，但肺癌从2天增至5天，结直肠癌从1天增至2天，上消化道癌从1天增至6天。从诊断到治疗的时间从8天增至15天（乳腺癌），从10天增至25天（肺癌），从6天增至14天（结直肠癌），从7天增至13天（上消化道癌）。然而，等待时间仍在国际标准范围内。
