Costs of cancer attributable to excess body weight in the Brazilian public health system in 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The prevalence of excess body weight (EBW) has increased over the last decades in Brazil, where 55.4% of the adult population was overweight in 2019. EBW is a well-known risk factor for several types of cancer. We estimated the federal cost of EBW-related cancers in adults, considering the medical expenditures in the Brazilian Public Health System.

Methods

We calculated the costs related to 11 types of cancer considering the procedures performed in 2018 by all organizations that provide cancer care in the public health system. We obtained data from the Hospital and Ambulatory Information Systems of the Brazilian Public Health System. We calculated the fractions of cancer attributable to EBW using the relative risks from the literature and prevalence from a nationa

SUBMITTER: Correa Ferreira da Silva R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7951921 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature