Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol

• Yasmine Khan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yasmine.khan@ugent.be

  Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, Interface Demography, Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4679-8236

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• Nick Verhaeghe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Robby De Pauw,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4242-9062

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• Brecht Devleesschauwer,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Sylvie Gadeyne,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Interface Demography, Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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• Vanessa Gorasso,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

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• Yolande Lievens,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Niko Speybroek,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute of Health and Society, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

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• Nancy Vandamme,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Department, Belgian Cancer Registry, Brussels, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-7636

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• Miet Vandemaele,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Laura Van den Borre,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, Interface Demography, Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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• Sophie Vandepitte,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Katrien Vanthomme,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Interface Demography, Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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• Freija Verdoodt,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Department, Belgian Cancer Registry, Brussels, Belgium

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• Delphine De Smedt

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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