Reports from University of Airlangga Add New Data to Research in Bladder Cancer (The relationship between income, health insurance, and employment status as prognostic indicators of bladder cancer: a survival analysis): Oncology – Bladder Cancer

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2024 MAR 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New study results on bladder cancer have been published. According to news originating from the University of Airlangga by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Bladder Cancer (BC) is one of the health problems. Socioeconomic status (SES) may correlate with patient treatment, possibly impacting patient prognosis.”

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from University of Airlangga: “This study aimed to determine the relationship between income, health insurance, and employment status as prognostic indicators of BC. A retrospective observational study for patients diagnosed with BC in a hospital during the 5-year period between January 2019 and December 2023. Kaplan-Meier test analysis was used to generate overall survival curves stratified by income, employment status, and health insurance. Multivariate Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to identify factors associated with worse overall survival. The results of the analysis on 219 patients showed no difference in patient survival based on income (p > 0.05), while employment status and health insurance showed significant difference in patient survival (p < 0.05). Moreover, there were 99 (45.2%) patients died, with the average patient being 58 years old and dominant in male patients.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Prevention of poor outcomes in patients needs to pay attention to certain characteristics, particularly for the low-economic patients without appropriate national health insurance coverage.”

For more information on this research see: The relationship between income, health insurance, and employment status as prognostic indicators of bladder cancer: a survival analysis. Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia, 2024. (Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia - http://aiua.it/). The publisher for Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia is PAGEPress Publications.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2024.12305.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Wahjoe Djatisoesanto, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga. Additional authors for this research include Yufi Aulia Azmi.