Unpacking the Clinical Burden of Leukemia in GCC: Implications for Patient Care

Hesham Aboelkhir, Yousra El Alaoui, Regina Padmanabhan, Adel Elomri, Halima El Omri, Abdelfatteh El Oomri

2024

Abstract

Cancer constitutes a substantial global health challenge, which is poised to intensify primarily due to the growing elderly population globally. Leukemia, being a type of hematological cancer, presents unique diagnostic complexities compared to solid cancers, contributing to elevated levels of morbidity and mortality across various regions worldwide, resulting in a substantial clinical burden. Employing data sourced from the WHO Global Health Expenditure Database and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Global Burden of Disease for the year 2019, this study undertakes an analysis of the prevalence, Years of Life Lost (YLLs), Years Lived with Disability (YLDs), Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), and healthcare expenditure in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations in comparison to the global figures.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Aboelkhir H., El Alaoui Y., Padmanabhan R., Elomri A., El Omri H. and El Oomri A. (2024). Unpacking the Clinical Burden of Leukemia in GCC: Implications for Patient Care. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 444-449. DOI: 10.5220/0012373700003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf24,
author={Hesham Aboelkhir and Yousra El Alaoui and Regina Padmanabhan and Adel Elomri and Halima El Omri and Abdelfatteh El Oomri},
title={Unpacking the Clinical Burden of Leukemia in GCC: Implications for Patient Care},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2024},
pages={444-449},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012373700003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - Unpacking the Clinical Burden of Leukemia in GCC: Implications for Patient Care
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Aboelkhir H.
AU - El Alaoui Y.
AU - Padmanabhan R.
AU - Elomri A.
AU - El Omri H.
AU - El Oomri A.
PY - 2024
SP - 444
EP - 449
DO - 10.5220/0012373700003657
PB - SciTePress