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ArticleJournal of global oncology2017

Surgery for CNS Tumors in the Brazilian National Health Care System.

Luciola Pontes, Maryam Nemati Shafaee, Benjamin Haaland, Gilberto Lopes

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Article in Journal of global oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luciola Pontes, Hospital das Clínicas Instituto do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil; , MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and , Oncoclinicas Group, São Paulo, Brazil, and The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Maryam Nemati Shafaee, Hospital das Clínicas Instituto do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil; , MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and , Oncoclinicas Group, São Paulo, Brazil, and The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Benjamin Haaland, Hospital das Clínicas Instituto do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil; , MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and , Oncoclinicas Group, São Paulo, Brazil, and The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Gilberto Lopes, Hospital das Clínicas Instituto do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil; , MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and , Oncoclinicas Group, São Paulo, Brazil, and The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeResource limitations in low- and middle-income countries make the management of CNS tumors challenging, particularly in Brazil, a country with major disparities in socioeconomic status and access to health care. We aimed to evaluate cancer-related neurosurgical procedures in the public health care system.

methodsOn the basis of Brazil's public health system database, we collected data for neurosurgical procedures related to CNS tumors performed between January 2008 and November 2013. Information about the number of procedures, costs, length of stay, and number of inpatient deaths were analyzed for each state and then correlated to the state-specific population, gross domestic product per capita, and number of procedures.

resultsIn all, 57,361 procedures were performed, the majority of them in the Southeast region. The mean length of hospital stay was 14.4 days, but longer hospital stay was reported for patients treated in the North. The inpatient mortality rate was 7.11%. Mortality rates decreased as the number of procedures (

conclusionTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate disparities in CNS tumor surgery in a middle-income country, confirming that regional disparities exist and that clinical and economic outcomes correlate with income level, number of procedures, and state population.

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