A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignant neoplasms. The aim of the study was to evaluate and correlate most important epidemiological and economic indicators of CRC in 11 selected Balkan countries. The number of new CRC cases was 56,960, and the highest 5-year CRC prev...
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| author | Berislav Vekic Berislav Vekic Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic Mihajlo Jakovljevic Mihajlo Jakovljevic Mihajlo Jakovljevic Marko Kalezic Zagor Zagorac Sasa Dragovic Rastko Zivic Rastko Zivic Filip Pilipovic Radoje Simic Radoje Simic Dejan Jovanovic Jovana Milovanovic Nemanja Rancic Nemanja Rancic Nemanja Rancic |
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| description | Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignant neoplasms. The aim of the study was to evaluate and correlate most important epidemiological and economic indicators of CRC in 11 selected Balkan countries. The number of new CRC cases was 56,960, and the highest 5-year CRC prevalence was in Slovenia, Croatia, and Greece. Age-standardized CRC incidence rates were highest in Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia, and age-standardized mortality rates were highest in Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Current Health Expenditure as % of Gross Domestic Product was the highest in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The GDP per capita levels have shown positive correlation with the CRC incidence rate and prevalence. Absolute numbers of new and death-related CRC cases and 5-year prevalence in absolute numbers have shown strong positive correlation with GDP in million current US$. It has been shown that various economic indicators can be linked to the rate of incidence and prevalence of the CRC patients in the selected Balkan countries. Therefore, economic factors can influence the epidemiology of CRC, and heavy CRC burden in the Balkan region may be one of the indexes of the economic development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bfd9f2ac5e2f4b8090b46e3e01dbc2842022-12-22T03:13:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-02-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.00029503214A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan CountriesBerislav Vekic0Berislav Vekic1Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic2Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic3Mihajlo Jakovljevic4Mihajlo Jakovljevic5Mihajlo Jakovljevic6Marko Kalezic7Zagor Zagorac8Sasa Dragovic9Rastko Zivic10Rastko Zivic11Filip Pilipovic12Radoje Simic13Radoje Simic14Dejan Jovanovic15Jovana Milovanovic16Nemanja Rancic17Nemanja Rancic18Nemanja Rancic19Department of Surgery, Clinical Centre Dr. Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaCentre for Clinical Pharmacology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaMedical Faculty of Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, SerbiaDepartment of Global Health Economics and Policy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaInstitute of Comparative Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, JapanN.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Surgery, Clinical Centre Dr. Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, SerbiaDepartment of Surgery, Clinical Centre Dr. Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, SerbiaClinic for General Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaDepartment of Surgery, Clinical Centre Dr. Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia0Institute for Orthopedic and Surgical Diseases “Banjica”, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia1Department for Plastic Surgery, Institute for Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia Dr. Vukan Cupic, Belgrade, Serbia2Institute of Radiology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia3National Health Insurance Fund, Belgrade, SerbiaCentre for Clinical Pharmacology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaMedical Faculty of Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia2Institute of Radiology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaColorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignant neoplasms. The aim of the study was to evaluate and correlate most important epidemiological and economic indicators of CRC in 11 selected Balkan countries. The number of new CRC cases was 56,960, and the highest 5-year CRC prevalence was in Slovenia, Croatia, and Greece. Age-standardized CRC incidence rates were highest in Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia, and age-standardized mortality rates were highest in Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Current Health Expenditure as % of Gross Domestic Product was the highest in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The GDP per capita levels have shown positive correlation with the CRC incidence rate and prevalence. Absolute numbers of new and death-related CRC cases and 5-year prevalence in absolute numbers have shown strong positive correlation with GDP in million current US$. It has been shown that various economic indicators can be linked to the rate of incidence and prevalence of the CRC patients in the selected Balkan countries. Therefore, economic factors can influence the epidemiology of CRC, and heavy CRC burden in the Balkan region may be one of the indexes of the economic development.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00029/fullnon-communicable diseasescolorectal cancerBalkan regioneconomic indicatorsepidemiological indicators |
| spellingShingle | Berislav Vekic Berislav Vekic Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic Viktorija Dragojevic-Simic Mihajlo Jakovljevic Mihajlo Jakovljevic Mihajlo Jakovljevic Marko Kalezic Zagor Zagorac Sasa Dragovic Rastko Zivic Rastko Zivic Filip Pilipovic Radoje Simic Radoje Simic Dejan Jovanovic Jovana Milovanovic Nemanja Rancic Nemanja Rancic Nemanja Rancic A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries Frontiers in Public Health non-communicable diseases colorectal cancer Balkan region economic indicators epidemiological indicators |
| title | A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries |
| title_full | A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries |
| title_fullStr | A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries |
| title_short | A Correlation Study of the Colorectal Cancer Statistics and Economic Indicators in Selected Balkan Countries |
| title_sort | correlation study of the colorectal cancer statistics and economic indicators in selected balkan countries |
| topic | non-communicable diseases colorectal cancer Balkan region economic indicators epidemiological indicators |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00029/full |
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