Global, regional, and national burden and quality of care index (QCI) of thyroid cancer: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017.
Sina AzadnajafabadSahar Saeedi MoghaddamEsmaeil MohammadiNegar RezaeiErfan GhasemiNima FattahiArya AminorroayaReza AzadnajafabadArmin AryannejadNazila RezaeiShohreh NaderimaghamVahid HaghpanahAli H MokdadHossein GharibFarshad FarzadfarBagher LarijaniPublished in: Cancer medicine (2021)
TC QOC is better among those countries of higher socioeconomic status, possibly due to better healthcare access and early detection in these regions. Overall, the quality of TC care was higher in women and younger adults. Countries could adopt the introduced index of QOC to investigate the quality of provided care for different diseases and conditions.