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These are separate studies about specific cancers, and interesting. But the biggest point in the study I remember reading was that it mixed up all the "not eas
by guylhem 14y ago
These are separate studies about specific cancers, and interesting.
But the biggest point in the study I remember reading was that it mixed up all the "not easy to treat [1]" cancers together, pondering each cost and survival time with the cancer incidence. It gave a better picture of the "less known" cancers - which is addressing the real question with universal healthcare.
I mean, if overall the expansive cancer or deadly cancers are rare they we can afford them - but they weren't, and overall outside specific case, even if one tried the best healthcare, it was not a very efficient outcome.
I'll love to find it back - that or a study sharing the methodology. IIRC it was in USD.
[1] : by easy to treat I mean cancer which is very unlikely to reoccur if properly treated, for which one or more therapies are known to be effective, with costs and morbidity well known - like skin cancer.