Access to radiotherapy in improving gastric cancer care quality and equality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality health services could improve patient outcomes and prognosis. Gastric cancer care was of great disparity across genders. Disparities within radiotherapy units could impact gastric cancer care, potentially exacerbating gender-based inequalities.

Methods

We retrieved the disease burden data from Global Burden of Disease 2019. A quality of care index was constructed by applying principal component analysis techniques. The disparity of gastric cancer care across genders was described, and the association of access to radiotherapy with gastric cancer care as well as gender disparity was explored.

Results

Males receive better quality of gastric cancer care than females, and this gender disparity is widening in middle-low socio-development regions. A posit

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11531536 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature