Volume-Outcome Relationship in Cancer Survival Rates: Analysis of a Regional Population-Based Cancer Registry in Japan

Overview

Journal Healthcare (Basel)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2023 Jan 8

PMID 36611476

Authors

Yoichiro Sato

Rena Kaneko

Yuichiro Yano

Kentaro Kamada

Yuui Kishimoto

Takashi Ikehara

Yuzuru Sato

Takahisa Matsuda

Yoshinori Igarashi

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Abstract

Background: There is limited data on the relationship between hospital volumes and outcomes with respect to cancer survival in Japan. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of hospital volume on cancer survival rate using a population-based cohort database.

Methods: Using the Kanagawa cancer registry, propensity score matching was employed to create a dataset for each cancer type by selecting 1:1 matches for cases from high- and other-volume hospitals. The 5-year survival rate was estimated and the hazard ratio (HR) for hospital volume was calculated using a Cox proportional hazard model. Additional analyses were performed limited to cancer patients who underwent surgical operation, chemotherapy, and other treatments in each tumor stage and at the time of diagnosis.

Results: The number of cases with complete data, defined as common cancers (prostate, kidney, bladder, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, colon, breast, and lung), was 181,039. Adjusted HR differed significantly among hospital volume categories for the most common cancers except bladder, and the trends varied according to cancer type. The HR ranged from 0.76 (95%CI, 0.74-0.79) for stomach cancer to 0.85 (0.81-0.90) for colon cancer.

Conclusions: This study revealed that a relationship may exist between hospital volume and cancer survival in Japan.

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