The role of health policy in the burden of breast cancer in Brazil

BMC Women's Health

Research Article

Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca¹  Tábata Cristina do Carmo Almeida²  Débora Terra Cardial²  Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo²  Fernando Adami²  Érika da Silva Maciel³ 

[1] Clinical Analysis Laboratoy, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, Brazil;Epidemiology and Data Analysis Laboratory, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, Brazil;Federal University of Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil;

关键词: Breast cancer;    Cost of Health Care;    Health Economics;    Health Promotion/Disease Prevention;    Public Health;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12905-017-0477-9

 received in 2017-03-24, accepted in 2017-11-17,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBreast cancer affects millions of women worldwide, particularly in Brazil, where public healthcare system is an important model in health organization and the cost of chronic disease has affected the economy in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The aim was to evaluate the role of health policy in the burden of breast cancer in Brazil between 2004 and 2014.MethodsSecondary analysis was performed in 2017 with Brazilian Health Ministry official data, extracted from the Department of Informatics of the National Health System. Age-standardized mortality and the age-standardized incidence of hospital admission by breast cancer were calculated per 100,000 people. Public healthcare costs were converted to US dollars. Regression analysis was performed to estimate the trend of breast cancer rates and healthcare costs, and principal component analysis was performed to estimate a cost factor. Stata® 11.0 was utilized.ResultsBetween 2004 to 2014, the age-standardized rates of breast cancer mortality and the incidence of hospital admission and public healthcare costs increased. There was a positive correlation between breast cancer and healthcare public costs, mainly influenced by governmental strategies.ConclusionsGovernmental strategies are effective against the burden of breast cancer in Brazil.

【 授权许可】

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