Correlations between Mortality-to-Incidence Ratios and Health Care Disparities in Testicular Cancer

doi:10.3390/ijerph17010130

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Title:	Correlations between Mortality-to-Incidence Ratios and Health Care Disparities in Testicular Cancer
Authors:	Chen, WJ;Huang, CY;Huang, YH;Wang, SC;Hsieh, TY;Chen, SL;Sung, WW;Lee, TH
Keywords:	testicular cancer;mortality;incidence;mortality-to-incidence ratio
Date:	2020
Issue Date:	2022-08-09T08:04:23Z (UTC)
Publisher:	MDPI
ISSN:	1661-7827
Abstract:	The mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) is associated with the clinical outcomes of different types of cancer as well as the ranking of health care systems. However, the association between MIRs for testicular cancer and health care disparities, including differences in expenditures and health system rankings, has not yet been reported. We used the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (CC) to analyze the correlation between testicular cancer MIRs and both total expenditures on health/gross domestic product (e/GDP) and the World Health Organization's (WHO) health system rankings. After screening the data for quality and missing information, 57 countries were chosen for analysis. Generally, developed countries and regions had relatively high rates of incidence/mortality, but with a favorable MIR. Among the continents, Europe had the highest incidence rates, whereas the highest MIRs were in Africa. Globally, favorable testicular cancer MIRs were observed in countries with both a high e/GDP and a good WHO ranking (R-2 = 0.325, p < 0.001 and CC = -0.568, p < 0.001; R-2 = 0.367, p < 0.001 and CC = 0.655, p < 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, the MIR for testicular cancer varies in countries and regions based on both their total health expenditure and their health care system ranking.
URI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010130 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000509391500130 https://ir.csmu.edu.tw:8080/handle/310902500/24561
Relation:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ,2020 ,v17 ,issue 1
Appears in Collections:	[中山醫學大學研究成果] 期刊論文

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