Favorable gallbladder cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios of countries with good ranking of world's health system and high expenditures on health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) is a marker that reflects the clinical outcome of cancer treatment. MIR as a prognostic marker is more accessible when compared with long-term follow-up survival surveys. Theoretically, countries with good health care systems would have favorable outcomes for cancer; however, no report has yet demonstrated an association between gallbladder cancer MIR and the World's Health System ranking.

Methods

We used linear regression to analyze the correlation of MIRs with the World Health Organization (WHO) rankings and total expenditures on health/gross domestic product (e/GDP) in 57 countries selected according to the data quality.

Results

The results showed high crude rates of incidence/mortality but low MIR in more developed

SUBMITTER: Wang CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6670146 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature