Access of the patient to the cancer network under the “Sixty-Day Law”: Integrative Review

• Autor(a) principal: Lombardo,Mariela Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Popim,Regina Célia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000500304
• topic: Neoplasms; Health Services Accessibility; Early Detection of Cancer; Review; Cancer Institute

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze Brazilian scientific production on patient access to the oncology network under the “Sixty-Day Law”. Methods: integrative review of the literature in the databases Lilacs, PubMed and Scielo. The descriptors used were: neoplasms, health services accessibility, early detection of cancer. Articles published from 2015 to March 2019 were included. Results: 17 articles were analyzed and four themes emerged: inequality in access; qualification of Primary Care professionals; time as a determinant factor; information system as limiting factor. Conclusions: the access to the oncology network is unequal and there are several barriers faced by the users. A continuing education of health professionals is necessary to implement preventive strategies. Treatment initiation is late, showing non-compliance with the law. The health care network is highly fragmented, there is lack of coordination between the services and, consequently, there is a lack of patient follow-up.