Journal article
Travel Distance to Subspecialty Clinic and Outcomes in Patients with Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease.
Abstract
Rationale: Early access to subspecialty care is associated with improved outcomes for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). Access to ILD care may be limited for patients living far from subspecialty clinics. Objectives: To test the hypothesis that greater travel distance to access ILD clinical care would be associated with more severe disease at time of referral and worse clinical outcomes. Methods: Patients with fibrotic ILD …
Authors
Johannson KA; Lethebe BC; Assayag D; Fisher JH; Kolb M; Morisset J; Shapera S; Gershon AS; Hambly N; Khalil N
Journal
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 20–27
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Publication Date
January 2022
DOI
10.1513/annalsats.202102-216oc
ISSN
2329-6933