Li Ma, Siyi Shen, Yuchun Rao
[Exploring the innovative talents training mode in new era]
Sheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ipf progressive condition associated variable prognosis relationship socioeconomic status distance travelled respiratory clinics prognosis unclear determine whether socioeconomic status distance hospital time referral affects survival patients ipf retrospective cohort study used data collected british thoracic society interstitial lung diseases registry 2013 2021 n 2359 calculated quintile index multiple deprivation 2019 score time initial symptoms hospital attendance distance linear distance hospital home post codes survival assessed using cox proportional hazards models significant association increasing quintile deprivation duration symptoms prior hospital presentation gender age physiology gap index receipt supplemental oxygen antifibrotic therapies presentation deprived patients worse overall survival compared least deprived adjusting smoking status gap index distance hospital time referral hr 139 111 173 p 0003 patients living furthest respiratory clinic also worse survival compared living closest hr 129 101 164 p 0041 deprived patients ipf severe disease presentation worse outcomes living far hospital also associated poor outcomes suggests inequalities access healthcare requires consideration delivering effective equitable care patients ipf