The Outcome of Breast Cancer Is Associated with National Human Development Index and Health System Attainment

Kaimin Hu, Lixia Lou, Wei Tian, Tao Pan, Juan Ye and Suzhan Zhang

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: Breast cancer is a worldwide threat to female health with patient outcomes varying widely. The exact correlation between global outcomes of breast cancer and the national socioeconomic status is still undetermined. Mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) of breast cancer was calculated with the contemporary age standardized incidence and mortality rates for countries with data available at GLOBOCAN 2012 database. The MIR matched national human development indexes (HDIs) and health system attainments were respectively obtained from Human Development Report and World Health Report. Correlation analysis, regression analysis, and Tukey-Kramer post hoc test were used to explore the effects of HDI and health system attainment on breast cancer MIR. Our results demonstrated that breast cancer MIR was inversely correlated with national HDI (r = -.950; P

Date: 2016
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