Health Inequities in Cancer Incidence According to Economic Status and Regions Are Still Existed Even under Universal Health Coverage System in Korea: A Nationwide Population Based Study Using the National Health Insurance Database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of health equity in relation to cancer incidence.

Materials and methods

We used the National Health Insurance claims data of the National Health Insurance Service between 2005 and 2022 and annual health insurance and medical aid beneficiaries between 2011 and 2021 to investigate the disparities of cancer incidence. We calculated age-sex standardized cancer incidence rates by cancer and year according to the type of insurance and the trend over time using the annual percentage change. We also compared the hospital type of the first diagnosis by cancer type and year and cancer incidence rates by cancer type and region in 2021 according to the type of insurance.

Results

The total cancer incidence increased from

SUBMITTER: Chang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11016660 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature