Resource requirements for cancer registration in areas with limited resources: Analysis of cost data from four low- and middle-income countries

Highlights • Host institution resources are crucial for registry operations and sustainability. • Cancer registration involves substantial fixed costs and labor. • Cost per inhabitant was smaller among registries serving large populations. • Cost per case was smaller among lower income countries. •...

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Published in:Cancer epidemiology 2016-12, Vol.45 (Suppl 1), p.S50-S58
Main Authors: Tangka, Florence K.L, Subramanian, Sujha, Edwards, Patrick, Cole-Beebe, Maggie, Parkin, D. Maxwell, Bray, Freddie, Joseph, Rachael, Mery, Les, Saraiya, Mona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Cancer
Cancer control
Cancer registries
Cost
Cost analysis
Costs and Cost Analysis
Data collection
Disease control
Disease prevention
Economic evaluation
Epidemiology
Expenditures
Funding
Health Resources
Health risk assessment
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Income
India
Inhabitants
Internal Medicine
Labor
Low income groups
Low- and middle-income countries
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Planning
Population
Populations
Quality
Registration
Registries
South america
Surveillance
Sustainability
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Summary:Highlights • Host institution resources are crucial for registry operations and sustainability. • Cancer registration involves substantial fixed costs and labor. • Cost per inhabitant was smaller among registries serving large populations. • Cost per case was smaller among lower income countries. • Approaches to increase efficiency could serve to reduce registry costs.
ISSN:1877-7821
1877-783X
DOI:10.1016/j.canep.2016.10.009