Out-patient visits for gastrointestinal cancer at a quaternary South African hospital-trends and geospatial distribution.

Conclusion There has been an increasing trend in the number of outpatient visits for the management of complex GC in KZN, SA.

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Conversely, increasing trends are characterized by a positive trend line slope.

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Declining trends are characterized by a negative trend line slope.

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Overall, there was a strong trend toward an increase in GC-related out-patient visits over the study period (R 2 =0.7223).

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