“Covid-19 created America’s next health care crisis: The cancers we didn’t catch early”

“Covid-19 created America’s next health care crisis: The cancers we didn’t catch early,” by Dylan Scott, Vox 

 

Quote:

“The fear among doctors is that the pandemic’s disruption to cancer screenings and other preventive measures won’t just be a blip, although a blip would be bad enough on its own: When cancer gets diagnosed late, it’s less likely a patient’s doctors can successfully intervene, and the patient is more likely to die. Even a four-week delay in treatment is associated with a 6 to 13 percent higher risk of death.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

The long tail of pandemic disruption.