Hospital Burden of Head and Neck Cancer in Chile

Hands-on application of methods from a Social Complexity Sciences PhD — spatial epidemiology, hierarchical prognostic models, and comorbidity networks — applied to hospital discharge (GRD) data, 2010–2024.

This site collects the HTML reports generated from the hnc-chile-hospital-burden repository. Each card below links to the full report, rendered from its source .qmd.

Reports

Part 1 · Spatial epidemiology

Age-standardized trends & spatial clustering

Age-Standardized Hospitalization Trends and Spatial Clustering of Head and Neck Malignant Neoplasms (C00–C14, C30–C32) in Chile, 2010–2024.

Open report → Part 2 · Prognosis

In-hospital mortality & length of stay

In-Hospital Mortality and Length of Stay Analysis (GRD 2019–2024) — hierarchical models for head and neck malignant neoplasms.

Open report → Part 3 · Networks

Comorbidity network analysis

Comorbidity Network Analysis in Head and Neck Malignant Neoplasm Hospitalizations in Chile (GRD 2019–2024).

Open report → Supplementary material

Network analysis in health sciences

Foundations, methods, and applications of network analysis applied to public health problems (Spanish version).

Open report →

Materials & downloads

Slide deck · PPTX

15-min presentation (Head & Neck Cancer)

Summary slide deck of the project, covering all three parts (epidemiology, prognosis, networks). Microsoft PowerPoint format.

Download .pptx → Abstract · DOCX

Unified project abstract

Combined abstract covering the three parts of the project (spatial epidemiology, prognosis, and comorbidity networks). Microsoft Word format.

Download .docx →