BACKGROUND The authors examine trends in spending on cancer from 1998 through
2012, including cancer care costs, prevalence, and cases by payer, and discuss the results …

BACKGROUND Cancer treatment accounts for approximately 5% of national health
expenditures. However, no state‐level estimates of cancer treatment costs have been …

BACKGROUND: There has not been a comprehensive analysis of how aggregate cancer
costs have changed over time. The authors present 1) updated estimates of the prevalence …

Background As the population ages, the financial amount spent on cancer care is expected
to increase substantially. In this study, we projected cancer-related medical costs by state …

Importance US health care spending has continued to increase, and now accounts for more
than 17% of the US economy. Despite the size and growth of this spending, little is known …

Using nationwide data, this study estimated and compared annual health care expenditures
per person between noncancer and cancer patients, and among patients with the 4 most …

2003 Background: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to improve health status in
the US primarily through improving access to health insurance. As adoption of Medicaid …

Background Current estimates of the costs of cancer care in the United States are based on
data from 2003 and earlier. However, incidence, survival, and practice patterns have been …

Introduction: Costs associated with cancer care are increasing. Cancer costs in the context
of other common non-cancer diagnoses have not been extensively studied at the population …

Background A small proportion of patients account for the majority of health care spending.
Of this group, little is known about what proportion have a cancer diagnosis and how their …