Health care costs for patients with cancer at the end of life

B Chastek, C Harley, J Kallich, L Newcomer… - Journal of oncology …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose: With rising health care costs in the United States, clearly defined end-of-life (EOL)
cancer costs are needed to help health administrators proactively manage this important …

Medical expenditures of terminal cancer patients during the last year of life

SH Long, JO Gibbs, JP Crozier, DI Cooper Jr… - Inquiry, 1984 - JSTOR
To measure the patterns of medical expenditures under conventional modes of cancer care
for the terminally ill, we examined Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan claims records for care …

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, part 2: patient economic burden associated with cancer care

KR Yabroff, A Mariotto, F Tangka, J Zhao… - JNCI: Journal of The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and North American Association of Central Cancer …

Impact of aggressive management and palliative care on cancer costs in the final month of life

MC Cheung, CC Earle, J Rangrej, TH Ho, N Liu… - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND A significant share of the cost of cancer care is concentrated in the end‐of‐
life period. Although quality measures of aggressive treatment may guide optimal care …

Costs of cancer along the care continuum: what we can expect based on recent literature

M Pisu, NB Henrikson, MP Banegas, KR Yabroff - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cancer costs should be discussed by patients and providers, but information is
not readily available. Results from recently published studies (in the last 5 years) on direct …

Medical care costs associated with cancer survivorship in the United States

AB Mariotto, L Enewold, J Zhao, CA Zeruto… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2020 - AACR
Background: The prevalence of cancer survivorship is increasing. In this study, we provide
contemporary population–based estimates and projections of the overall and site-specific …

Cost of care for elderly cancer patients in the United States

KR Yabroff, EB Lamont, A Mariotto… - Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background Timely estimates of the costs of care for cancer patients are an important
element in the formulation of national cancer programs and policies. We estimated net costs …

The implications of out-of-pocket cost of cancer treatment in the USA: a critical appraisal of the literature

CM Bestvina, LL Zullig, S Yousuf Zafar - Future oncology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment have led to increased societal costs and out-of-
pocket patient cost. We reviewed the literature on the impact of out-of-pocket cancer care …

Trends in end-of-life cancer care in the Medicare program

SY Wang, J Hall, CE Pollack, K Adelson… - Journal of geriatric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine contemporary trends in end-of-life cancer care and geographic
variation of end-of-life care aggressiveness among Medicare beneficiaries. Materials and …

Economic burden of cancer survivorship among adults in the United States

GP Guy Jr, DU Ekwueme, KR Yabroff… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To present nationally representative estimates of the impact of cancer survivorship
on medical expenditures and lost productivity among adults in the United States. Methods …