2021 ASM / R-0330
Maintenance of radiation oncology services in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Keywords:
Oncology, RIS, Radiation therapy / Oncology, Radiotherapy techniques
Authors:
S. Sreedharan, M. Mian; Melbourne, VIC/AU
DOI:
10.26044/ranzcr2021/R-0330
Results
- There were no statistically significant differences between observed and predicted therapeutic radiation oncology services delivered in Australia in 2020.
- Based on data from January 2017 to December 2019, the triple exponential smoothing predicted that there would be a total of 2,575,163 (95% CI: 2,318,908 – 2,831,418) therapeutic radiation oncology services delivered in 2020.
- The observed number of services delivered in 2020 was 2,563,034 (-0.5% of predicted, 95% CI: -9.5% to 10.5%).
- Further, there were still no statistically significant differences between predicted and observed number of services delivered in any month of 2020, including during the peak of the pandemic.