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Characterization of the expressed and effective demand for oncology services under the explicit health guarantees of the Chilean public health system

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New cases and opportunity guarantees are based on health problems studied and sex.
Health problemSexNew casesGO totalGO of primary treatment according to tracer interventionGO delayed
Cancer pain relief and palliative careFemale57 50357 38457 384170
Male55 51855 41455 414152
Total113 021112 798112 798322
Breast cancer in persons aged 15 years and olderFemale83 423168 26124 6856990
Male54990812228
Total83 972169 16924 8077018
Preventive cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer in 35 to 49-year-oldsFemale86 675105 46472 0896810
Male24 19729 42319 1691632
Total110 872134 88791 2588442
Gastric cancerFemale43 73471 99943762156
Male31 07055 25990521678
Total74 804127 25813 4283834
Colorectal cancer in persons aged 15 years and overFemale36 54255 35249522801
Male26 83546 53849392159
Total63 377101 89098914960
Lung cancer 1Female616310 4011953633
Male700611 7462084659
Total13 16922 14740371292
Cervical cancer in persons aged 15 years and olderFemale3 299 6793 278 15752 5748709
Male----
Total3 299 6793 278 15752 5748 709
Prostate cancer in persons aged 15 years and olderFemale----
Male24 81752 26518 7021656
Total24 81752 26518 7021656
Total female3 613 7193 747 018218 01328 269
Total male169 992251 553109 4827964
Total3 783 7113 998 571327 49536 233

GO, guarantee of opportunity.

1 Lung cancer data are for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Data present total, primary treatment timeliness guarantees by tracer intervention and delayed, for the period 2018 to 2022 (N).

Source: Prepared by the authors of this study.