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Association between economic development level and tuberculosis registered incidence in Shandong, China.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major infectious diseases that seriously endanger people's health. In Shandong province, the relationship between the level of economic development and TB incidence has not been studied. This study aims to provide more research basis for the government to prevent and control TB by exploring the impact of different economic factors on TB incidence. METHODS:By constructing threshold regression model (TRM), we described the extent to which different economic factors contribute to TB registered incidence and differences in TB registered incidence among seventeen cities with different levels of economic development in Shandong province, China, during 2006-2017. Data were retrieved from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention. RESULTS:Per capita medical expenditure (regression coefficient, -0.0314462; SD, 0.0079305; P?>?|t|, 0.000) and per capita savings (regression coefficient, 0.0001924; SD, 0.0000566; P?>?|t|, 0.001) passed the significance test at the level of 1%.They are the two economic indicators that have the greatest impact on TB registered incidence. Through the threshold test, we selected the per capita savings as the threshold variable. In the three stages of per capita savings (<9772.8086 China Yuan(CNY); 9772.8086-33,835.5391 CNY; >33,835.5391 CNY), rural per capita income always has a significant negative impact on the TB registered incidence (The regression coefficients are -?0.0015682, -?0.0028132 and?-?0.0022253 respectively. P is 0.007,0.000 and 0.000 respectively.).In cities with good economies, TB registered incidence was 38.30% in 2006 and dropped to 25.10% by 2017. In cities with moderate economies, TB registered incidence peaked in 2008 at 43.10% and dropped to 27.1% by 2017.In poorer cities, TB registered incidence peaked in 2008 at 56.30% and dropped to 28.9% in 2017. CONCLUSION:We found that per capita savings and per capita medical expenditure are most closely related to the TB incidence. Therefore, relevant departments should formulate a more complete medical system and medical insurance policy to effectively solve the problem of "difficult and expensive medical treatment". In order to further reduce the TB incidence, in addition to timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment, it is more important for governments to increase investment in medicine and health care.

SUBMITTER: Zhang QY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association between economic development level and tuberculosis registered incidence in Shandong, China.

Zhang Qian-Yun QY Yang Dong-Mei DM Cao Lin-Qing LQ Liu Jin-Yue JY Tao Ning-Ning NN Li Yi-Fan YF Liu Yao Y Song Wan-Mei WM Xu Ting-Ting TT Li Shi-Jin SJ An Qi-Qi QQ Liu Si-Qi SQ Gao Lei L Song Wan-Yan WY Li Huai-Chen HC

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<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major infectious diseases that seriously endanger people's health. In Shandong province, the relationship between the level of economic development and TB incidence has not been studied. This study aims to provide more research basis for the government to prevent and control TB by exploring the impact of different economic factors on TB incidence.<h4>Methods</h4>By constructing threshold regression model (TRM), we described the extent to which d ...[more]

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