Table I.
Progress of Coverage of the Fund for Protection against Catastrophic Expenditures of Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Cancer
| Years | Regions of the country | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | Northwest | Central | East | South-southeast | ||
| Number of children and adolescents cared for by the MoH | ||||||
| 2006 | 5,660,571 | 2,263,271 | 6,572,116 | 1,350,582 | 9,563,964 | 25,410,504 |
| 2007 | 5,562,671 | 2,248,625 | 6,519,560 | 1,343,704 | 9,450,423 | 25,124,983 |
| 2008 | 5,448,459 | 2,215,172 | 6,427,133 | 1,327,794 | 9,320,806 | 24,739,364 |
| 2009 | 5,348,326 | 2,197,436 | 6,373,420 | 1,319,652 | 9,198,152 | 24,436,986 |
| Number of hospitals affiliated with FPGC | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 |
| Expected number of cases for all types of cancer | ||||||
| 2006 | 688 | 275 | 799 | 164 | 1,162 | 3,087 |
| 2007 | 676 | 273 | 792 | 163 | 1,148 | 3,053 |
| 2008 | 662 | 269 | 781 | 161 | 1,132 | 3,006 |
| 2009 | 650 | 267 | 774 | 160 | 1,118 | 2,969 |
| Number of new cancer cases covered by the FPGC | ||||||
| 2006 | 33 | 6 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 101 |
| 2007 | 300 | 181 | 397 | 110 | 347 | 1,335 |
| 2008 | 378 | 209 | 540 | 107 | 428 | 1,662 |
| 2009a | 163 | 111 | 236 | 45 | 168 | 723 |
| Proportion of cancer cases that FPGC funded with respect to the expected number | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| 2006 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 44.4 | 66.3 | 50.1 | 67.5 | 30.2 | 43.7 |
| 2008 | 57.1 | 77.7 | 69.1 | 66.5 | 37.8 | 55.3 |
| 2009a | 50.1 | 83.4 | 60.9 | 56.2 | 30.0 | 48.7 |
a
aInformation from the cancer cases who were registered from January to September 2009; the study was conducted from October to December 2009. FPGC: Fund for Protection against Catastrophic Expenditures; MoH: Ministry of Health.