Analysis of Prognosis according to Type of Health Insurance in Five Major Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients in Public Hospitals: Single-institution Retrospective Study / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
;
: 17-22, 2020.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-787238
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
Public hospitals were established to provide high quality medical services to low socioeconomic status patients. This study examined the effects of public hospitals on the treatment and prognosis of patients with five-major gastrointestinal (GI) cancers (stomach cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, bile duct cancer, and pancreatic cancer).METHODS:
Among the 1,268 patients treated at Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center from January 2010 to December 2017, 164 (13%) were in the medicare group. The data were analyzed to identify and compare the clinical manifestations, treatment modality, and clinical outcomes between the groups.RESULTS:
No statistically significant differences in the clinical data (age, sex), treatment method, and five-year survival rate were observed between the health insurance group and medicare group in the five major GI cancer patients. On the other hand, some medicare group patients tended more comorbidities and fewer treatment options than health insurance patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Public hospitals have a positive effect on the treatment and prognosis in medicare group patients with the five-major GI cancers.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Social Class
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Bile Duct Neoplasms
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Comorbidity
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Survival Rate
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Retrospective Studies
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Medicare
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Insurance Coverage
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Seoul
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
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