@article{2cc5fee490c5461db49200225ccf7efa,
title = "Cancer detection during the COVID-19 pandemic—Experiences in primary care and recommendations for the future",
abstract = "Background: To describe general practitioners (GPs) experiences with the impact COVID-19 on the duration of cancer detection. Methods: Cross-sectional survey study among Dutch GPs. Results: Fifty-eight GPs participated. During the first wave, COVID-19-related delays were experienced by 88%, 52%, and 67% of GPs in the contact-seeking, primary care, and referral phases, respectively. GPs reported delays due to telehealth consultations, longer waiting times and patient's concerns of COVID infections and overburdening GPs. Conclusions: The majority of GPs experienced delays in cancer diagnostic processes during the beginning of the COVID pandemic, which was most prominent in the timeliness in which patients sought GP care.",
keywords = "COVID, cancer, cancer diagnosis, family medicine, primary care",
author = "{Siepman van den Berg}, {Marinde F. R.} and Matthew Grant and {van Erp}, Nicole and {van Gils}, {Carla H.} and Jean Muris and Daan Brandenbarg and {COVID and Cancer-NL consortium} and {van Asselt}, {Kristel M.} and {de Wit}, {Niek J.} and Helsper, {Charles W.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the ZonMW [grant number 10430022010014]. The funding sources had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report, and in the decision to submit the article for publication. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association.",
year = "2022",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.597",
language = "English",
journal = "Journal of General and Family Medicine",
issn = "2189-7948",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
}