Are state-sponsored new radiation therapy facilities economically viable in low- and middle-income countries?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-240

  Datta, Niloy R ^a   Samiei, Massoud ^b   Bodis, Stephan ^a,c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

CAPITAL INVESTMENT; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; GROSS NATIONAL INCOMES; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES;

INVESTMENTS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAPITAL; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INCOME; INVESTMENT; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER CENTER; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVOR; TIME;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941316543     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.05.036     Document Type: Article

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