The Smoking Economic Burden in the National Institute on Oncology and Radiology from Cuba

Abstract

Background: Cancer is one of the main mortality causes in Cuba. Close all cancer types are related with smoking as risk factor, especially pulmonary cancer. The National Institute on Oncology and Radiology is the Cuban health more specialized institution researching cancer. The real available from economic resources limit the institutional capability to cover all demanded services. The determination of the smoking economic burden in specialized health institution as this will contribute to a better valuation of smoking impact over health services management. Objective: Determine the smoking economic burden in the National Institute on Oncology and Radiology. Materials and methods: Theorical methods: historic – logic, inductive – deductive and systematization. Empiric methods: bibliographic and documental research and an algorithm to calculate the smoking economic burden attributable to smoking. Results: The smoking economic burden in active smokers by mortality in 2015 in the National Institute on Oncology and Radiology was 30.9% and including passive smokers was 46.4%. Conclusions: In 2015 the smoking economic burden at the National Institute on Oncology and Radiology from Cuba was very high. This result is according to the high specialization from the health services covered and cancer behavior in Cuba