The role of universal health coverage in reducing cancer deaths and disparities
A partir des données de 75 pays portant sur plus de 2 milliards de personnes sur la période 1990-2010, cette étude analyse l'association entre les difficultés économiques, les dépenses publiques de santé, le taux de chômage, une protection maladie universelle et la mortalité par cancer dans les pays pays à revenu intermédiaire et à revenu élevé
In 2012, more than 14 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed worldwide, with more than 8 million related deaths.1 A growing emphasis is now on how to increase the availability of evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies.2 Globally, as of 2009, only 75 of 194 countries had legislation that provided a mandate for universal health coverage and only 58 were attaining it.3 Mahiben Maruthappu and colleagues4 draw on data regarding the global economic downturn to investigate the relation between public-sector expenditures on health care, change in unemployment, and cancer mortality.