A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries

Frontiers in Public Health

Filip Pilipovic¹  Radoje Simic²  Nemanja Rancic³  Dejan Jovanovic³  Jovana Milovanovic⁴  Sasa Dragovic⁶  Zagor Zagorac⁸  Marko Kalezic⁸  Berislav Vekic⁹  Rastko Zivic^1,10  Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic^1,12  Mihajlo Jakovljevic^1,13 

[1] 0Institute for Orthopedic and Surgical Diseases “Banjica”, Belgrade, Serbia;1Department for Plastic Surgery, Institute for Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia Dr. Vukan Cupic, Belgrade, Serbia;2Institute of Radiology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia;3National Health Insurance Fund, Belgrade, Serbia;Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia;Clinic for General Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia;Department of Global Health Economics and Policy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia;Department of Surgery, Clinical Centre Dr. Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, Serbia;Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia;Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;Institute of Comparative Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan;Medical Faculty of Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia;N.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia;

关键词: non-communicable diseases;    colorectal cancer;    Balkan region;    economic indicators;    epidemiological indicators;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2020.00029

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignant neoplasms. The aim of the study was to evaluate and correlate most important epidemiological and economic indicators of CRC in 11 selected Balkan countries. The number of new CRC cases was 56,960, and the highest 5-year CRC prevalence was in Slovenia, Croatia, and Greece. Age-standardized CRC incidence rates were highest in Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia, and age-standardized mortality rates were highest in Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Current Health Expenditure as % of Gross Domestic Product was the highest in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The GDP per capita levels have shown positive correlation with the CRC incidence rate and prevalence. Absolute numbers of new and death-related CRC cases and 5-year prevalence in absolute numbers have shown strong positive correlation with GDP in million current US$. It has been shown that various economic indicators can be linked to the rate of incidence and prevalence of the CRC patients in the selected Balkan countries. Therefore, economic factors can influence the epidemiology of CRC, and heavy CRC burden in the Balkan region may be one of the indexes of the economic development.

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