Unfavorable Mortality-To-Incidence Ratio of Lung Cancer Is Associated with Health Care Disparity.

ABSTRACT: The mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) is associated with the clinical outcome of cancer treatment. For several cancers, countries with relatively good health care systems have favorable MIRs. However, the association between lung cancer MIR and health care expenditures or rankings has not been evaluated. We used linear regression to analyze the correlation between lung cancer MIRs and the total expenditures on health/gross domestic product (e/GDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) rankings. We included 57 countries, for which data of adequate quality were available, and we found high rates of incidence and mortality but low MIRs in more developed regions. Among the continents, North America had the highest rates of incidence and mortality, whereas the highest MIRs were in Africa, As

SUBMITTER: Huang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6313465 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature