Table 3.
Change in cancer service provision by study and patient pathway.
| Author, Year | Country | Service of interest | Control period | Pandemic period | Percentage change (95% CI)⁎⁎ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhtar 2020 | India | Outpatient visits | 20,822 | 7,973 | -62 |
| Inpatient admissions | 2,840 | 1,184 | -58 | ||
| Surgical treatment provisions | 598 | 410 | -31 | ||
| Pharmacological treatment | 4,896 | 2,150 | -56 | ||
| Basu 2020 | Bangladesh | Diagnostic services | 2018: 379,006 2019: 391,531 |
336,407 | 2018: -11.2 2019: -14.1 |
| Das 2021 | India | Surgical treatment provisions | 209 | 72 | -66 (p<0.05) |
| Deshmukh 2021 | India | Surgical treatment provisions | 929 | 28 | -97 |
| Pharmacological treatment | 8,392 | 525 | -94 | ||
| Dewi 2021 | Indonesia | Outpatient visits | 5,399 | 1,927 | -35 |
| Hewamana 2021 | Sri Lanka | Outpatient visits | 1,059 | 977 | -8 (6.2%, 9.5%) |
| Inpatient admissions | 574 | 422 | -26 (22.9%, 30.3%) | ||
| Kawthalkar 2021 | India | Diagnostic services | 62 | 17 | -72.6 |
| Kumanan 2020 | Sri Lanka | Pharmacological treatment | 342 | 274 | -20 |
| Mallick 2021 | India | Outpatient visits | 5,291 | 5,090 | -58 |
| Pareek 2021 | India | Outpatient visits | 4,363 | 895 | -80 |
| Pharmacological treatment | 3,051 | 308 | -90 | ||
| Prajapati 2021 | India | Outpatient visits | 235 | 69 | -70 |
| Surgical treatment provisions | 132 | 66 | -50 | ||
| Ramakrishnan 2021 | India | Inpatient admissions | 796 | 681 | -14.4 |
| Surgical treatment provisions | 1,871 | 1,427 | -23.7 | ||
| Ranganathan 2021* | India | Outpatient visits | 634,745 | 340,984 | -46 |
| Inpatient admissions | 88,801 | 56,885 | -36 | ||
| Diagnostic services | 398,373 | 246,616 | -38 | ||
| Surgical treatment provisions | 17,120 | 8,677 | -49 | ||
| Pharmacological treatment | 173,634 | 109,107 | -37.5 | ||
| Riju 2021 | India | Outpatient visits | 5,904 | 549 | -63 |
| Inpatient admissions | 288 | 35 | -51.4 | ||
| Surgical treatment provisions | 192 | 26 | -86 | ||
| Sapkota 2021 | Nepal | Outpatient visits | NR | NR | -80 |
| Inpatient admissions | 796 | 681 | -50 | ||
| Sharma 2021 | India | Outpatient visits | 797 | 349 | -56.3 |
| Subbiah 2020 | India | Outpatient visits | 4,096 | 2,602 | -63.5 |
| Inpatient admissions | 749 | 462 | -61.6 | ||
| Surgical treatment provisions | 1,972 | 1,115 | -60 |
NR=not reported.
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Study presents a range of service utilisation and disruption measures;
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Where available, p-values and confidence intervals reported.