Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
Slovenia |
| POPULATION |
2,007,711 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
20,273 |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) |
$54.67 billion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
|
| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2005)
|
CANCER TYPES |
INCIDENCE (/100,000 OF POPULATION) |
NUMBER OF RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENTS PER YEAR (/100,000 INCIDENCE) |
% OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH RADIOTHERAPY |
AVERAGE TIME FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT (WEEKS) |
| Prostate |
42.9 |
6.3 |
|
|
| Breast |
54.7 |
25.4 |
|
|
| Lung |
57.6 |
24.9 |
|
|
| Head and Neck |
22.6 |
16.9 |
|
|
| Oesophagus |
4.5 |
1.4 |
|
|
| Rectum |
27.1 |
10.2 |
|
|
| Cervix |
9.0 |
4.9 |
|
|
| Uterus (body) |
16.7 |
8.3 |
|
|
| Lymphoma |
9.9 |
4.0 |
|
|
| Brain |
6.9 |
3.8 |
|
|
| Thyroid |
7.5 |
1.4 |
|
|
| Leukaemia |
9.2 |
0.3 |
|
|
| Sarcoma |
2.9 |
1.1 |
|
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Table 3: Health Professional Data
(Reference year for data = 2008)
|
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT) |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Number of Radiation Oncologists |
23 |
1.146 |
| Number of Medical Physicists |
9 |
0.448 |
| Number of Radiobiologists |
0 |
0 |
| Number of RTTs |
61 |
3.038 |
| Number of Radiotherapy Nurses |
0 |
0 |
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Table 4: Technology Data
(Reference year for data = 2008)
|
TECHNOLOGY |
TOTAL NUMBER |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Linear Accelerators |
6 |
0.299 |
| Cobalt Machines |
1 |
0.050 |
| Simulators |
3 |
0.149 |
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
3 |
0.149 |
| IMRT |
0 |
0 |
| IGRT |
0 |
0 |
| Proton Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| MRI Treament Planning |
1 |
0.050 |
| CT Treatment Planning |
1 |
0.050 |
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
1 |
0.050 |
| Orthovoltage Machines |
1 |
0.050 |
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
1 |
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National Societies Directories
- Slovene Medical Society - Division for Radiotherapy (SZD-SR)
- Slovenian Biophysical Society (SBS)
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