Gallbladder cancer mortality in Chile: Has the government program targeting young gallstone patients had an impact?

Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 3:kwae027. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae027. Online ahead of print.

Vicente Cid¹, Claudio Vargas^{2

3}, Iris Delgado⁴, Mauricio Apablaza⁵, Meredith S Shiels⁶, Allan Hildesheim⁶, Jill Koshiol⁶, Catterina Ferreccio^{2

7}

¹ Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile (Vicente Cid).
² Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
³ Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias de la Computación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Center for Public Policies, Faculty of Medicine, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ School of Government, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
⁶ Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

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Keywords: Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder neoplasms; Health Services Research; Mortality; Universal Health Care; Women.