Trends in childhood cancer mortality as indicators of the quality of medical care in the developed world
Trends in childhood cancer mortality as indicators of the quality of medical care in the developed world
复制标题
作为发达国家医疗保健质量指标的儿童癌症死亡率趋势
作者：
C. Vecchia;F. Levi;F. Lucchini;P. Lagiou;D. Trichopoulos;E. Negri
在过去30年里，在经济发达国家，儿童癌症，特别是儿童白血病的死亡率急剧下降，而这些疾病的发病率基本上保持不变。因此，儿童恶性肿瘤可以被用作医疗保健的可及性和有效性的示踪剂。这项研究的目的是比较世界四个经济发达地区儿童癌症，特别是儿童白血病死亡率的下降情况，以评估技术先进的医疗保健的可获得性和有效性。
Mortality from childhood cancer in general and childhood leukemia in particular has sharply declined in economically developed countries over the last 30 years, whereas the incidence of these diseases has remained essentially unaltered. Therefore, childhood malignancies can be used as tracers of accessibility to and effectiveness of medical care. The objective of this study was to compare the reduction of mortality from childhood cancer in general, and childhood leukemia in particular, in four economically developed areas of the world, to assess accessibility to and effectiveness of technologically advanced medical care.