Title
Modeling of Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in a Region of the Peruvian Amazonia
Date Issued
15 March 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
IEEE Computer Society
Abstract
Cervical cancer prevention allows significantly reducing mortality and decreasing cancer treatment costs for healthcare systems. In the Peruvian Amazonia, cervical cancer has high mortality rates, mainly because of late diagnosis and access to treatment. In this context, the objective of this work was to analyze the cervical cancer prevention program by implementing a discrete event simulation model. The Pap smear based screening was modeled from the Peruvian healthcare guidelines and validated with data obtained from the current process applied in a district of Madre de Dios Region. Two alternative scenarios were also simulated. Results indicate that it is possible to improve prevention for the urban area of the region from 1% to 20% through implementing a faster screening strategy. Which allows a decrease in waiting time for results from 60 days to 2 days and facilitates adherence to obtain final diagnosis and treatment. Alternative strategies appropriate for the sociocultural and geographical characteristics of the region can be modeled using this tool.
Volume
2021-May
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85107487107
Resource of which it is part
Pan American Health Care Exchanges, PAHCE
ISBN of the container
978-172817053-4
Conference
2021 Global Medical Engineering Physics Exchanges/Pan American Health Care Exchanges, GMEPE/PAHCE 2021 Virtual, Sevilla 15 March 2021 through 20 March 202
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru for the financial and technical support provided for this work. Authors also express their gratitude to local Ministry of Health authorities, healthcare workers and participants who were interviewed for this paper.
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