United States Government Publishing Office
publisher
pbl
distributor
dst
United States
Government Accountability Office
Program Evaluation and Methodology Division
author
aut
Government Organization
text
government publication
eng
GAOREPORTS
Legislative Agency Publications
gao
legislative
2010-08-12
U.S. Government Printing Office
1994-03-07
monographic
deposited
born digital
GA 1.13:PEMD-94-5
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-5
P0b002ee1803879aa
f:pe94005
DGPO
2010-08-12
2011-03-24
GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-5
machine generated
eng
fdlp
REPORT
GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-5
PEMD-94-5
Comparative analysis
Cancer
Cancer research
Attrition rates
Health surveys
Patient care services
Health statistics
Data collection operations
Quality-of-life data
Information gathering operations
Ontario (Canada)
NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
Chapter Report
PEMD
Cancer Survival: An International Comparison of Outcomes
In comparing U.S. and Canadian survival rates for lung cancer, colon
cancer, Hodgkin's disease, and breast cancer, GAO found that breast
cancer patients lived longer after diagnosis in the United States than
in Canada. The outcomes were mixed for the other types of cancer
studied. Nine to 10 years after cancer was detected, the survival rates
for U.S. patients were indistinguishable from (in the cases of cases of
colon cancer and Hodgkin's disease) or lower (in the case of lung
cancer) than survival rates in Canada. One possible interpretation of
these findings is that quality of care for breast cancer patients is
better in the United States than in Canada and that for the three other
cancers it is about the same. Other interpretations focus on differences
in detection.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-5/html/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-5.htm
GAO/PEMD-94-5
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-5
Chapter Report
GAO/PEMD-94-5; Cancer Survival: An International Comparison of Outcomes;
Comparative analysis
Cancer
Cancer research
Attrition rates
Health surveys
Patient care services
Health statistics
Data collection operations
Quality-of-life data
Information gathering operations
Ontario (Canada)
NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program