[Cancer trends in hospital morbidity and lethality]. / Tendencias de la morbilidad y letalidad hospitalaria por cáncer.

OBJECTIVE: Describe trends in morbidity and lethality of cancer in University Hospital Joaquín Albarrán (La Habana, Cuba). METHOD: Carry out a temporal series studies of patients admitted from january 1999 to december 2005. We obtain information about admission, total and for cancer, deceased patients and lethality rates (deceased for cancer/admission for cancer x 100). From the 2005 admission we obtain age, sex, cause of admission, and if the diagnostic of cancer was doing during this admission or before. RESULTS: Trend of cancer's admission have continuous increase during 1999-2005 period, with 3% of admission in 1999 to 7.99% in 2005. Lethality rates have an irregular behavior with smaller rate in 1999 (12.7%) and bigger in 2001 (27.86%). Internal Medicine service gave care to 60.71% of cancer admission, with less frequency in general surgery service (26.81%). 44% of patients were diagnosed during this admission, and 56% the diagnosis was doing in previous admission, of which 42.1% were admitted to treatment (surgical and drugs) and 53.5% for cancer complications. CONCLUSIONS: We show a continuous increased trend in hospital cancer morbidity. It is a commit to modify healthcare's strategies of cancer patient addressed to guarantee the quality of services in front of the increased demand.

Tendencias de la morbilidad y letalidad hospitalaria por cáncer / Cancer trends in hospital morbidity and lethality

Objetivo: Describir la tendencia en la morbilidad y letalidad por cáncer en el Hospital Universitario “Joaquín Albarrán” (La Habana, Cuba). Método: Realizamos un estudio de series temporales de los ingresos por cáncer (enero 1999-diciembre 2005). Se obtuvo la información de los ingresos totales y por cáncer, las defunciones, y las tasas de letalidad (fallecidos por cáncer/ingresos por cáncer x 100). De los ingresos ocurridos durante el 2005 se registró la edad (media y desviación standard), sexo, la causa de la admisión, y se precisó el momento del diagnóstico de cáncer. Resultados: Se demuestra un sostenido incremento de la proporción de ingresos por cáncer, con la menor de 3% (año 1999) y la mayor de 7,99% (año 2005). Las tasas de letalidad tuvieron un comportamiento irregular con la menor en el 1999 (12,7%) y la mayor en el 2001 (27,86%). El servicio de medicina interna atendió la mayoría de los pacientes (60,71%), seguidos por cirugía general (26,81%). Al 44% de los pacientes se les diagnosticó cáncer durante el ingreso, mientras que el 56% se diagnóstico previamente, de los cuales el 42,1% ingresaron para tratamiento (quirúrgico o quimioterapia antineoplásica) y el 53,5% por complicaciones propias del proceso maligno. Conclusión: Se ha demostrado una tendencia ascendente en la morbilidad hospitalaria por cáncer, lo que obliga a modificar las estrategias de atención de estos pacientes que aseguren la calidad de los servicios ante el incremento de la demanda

Objetive: Describe trends in morbidity and lethality of cancer in University Hospital “Joaquín Albarrán” (La Habana, Cuba). Method: Carry out a temporal series studies of patients admited from january 1999 to december 2005. We obtain informationa about admission, total and for cancer, deceased patients and letality rates (deceased for cancer/admission for cancer x 100). From the 2005’s admission we obtain age, sex, cause of admission, and if the diagnostic of cancer was doing during this admission or before. Results: Trend of cancer’s admision have continuous increase during 1999-2005 period, with 3% of admission in 1999 to 7.99% in 2005. Lethality rates have an irregular behavior with smaller rate in 1999 (12.7%) and bigger in 2001 (27.86%). Internal Medicine service gave care to 60.71% of cancer admission, with less frecuency in general surgery service (26.81%). 44% of patients were diagnosis during this admission, and 56% the diagnosis was doing in previous admission, of wich 42.1% were admited to treatment (surgical and drugs) and 53.5% for cancer complications. Conclusions: We show a continuous increased trend in hospital cancer morbidity. It is a commit to modify healthcare’s strategies of cancer patient adressed to guarante the quality of services in front of the incresed demand