Title |
Diferencias en supervivencia debidas al aseguramiento en salud en pacientes con cáncer de mama atendidas en un centro oncológico de referencia en Medellín, Colombia
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Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00114117 |
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Authors |
Jorge Armando Egurrola-Pedraza, Luis Rodolfo Gómez-Wolff, Carlos Andrés Ossa-Gómez, Viviana Sánchez-Jiménez, Fernando Herazo-Maya, Héctor Iván García-García |
Abstract |
The study aimed to estimate the effect of health insurance on overall survival and disease-free survival in breast cancer patients undergoing surgery at the Las Américas Oncology Institute in Medellín, Colombia, with data from the institutional registry. The variables were compared between subsidized coverage and contributive coverage with chi-squared test (χ2) or Student t test, Kaplan-Meier, and log-rank test. The target variable was adjusted with Cox regression. There were 2,732 patients with a median follow-up of 36 months. Ten percent of the women with contributive coverage died, compared to 23% of the subsidized coverage group. There were differences in time-to-treatment (contributive group with 52 days versus subsidized group with 112 days, p < 0.05). Disease-free survival and overall survival were better in women with contributive coverage compared to those with subsidized coverage (p < 0.05), and overall survival varied according to tumor and treatment variables. Overall survival and disease-free survival and early time-to-diagnosis and treatment were better in patients with contributive coverage compared to those with subsidized coverage. |
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Colombia | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Unknown | 66 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Master | 13 | 20% |
Researcher | 9 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 5% |
Other | 10 | 15% |
Unknown | 22 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 29% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 9% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 3% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Unknown | 27 | 41% |