Impact of functional disability on health-care use and medical costs among cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer survivors with a disability are among the most vulnerable in health status and financial hardship, but no prior research has systematically examined how disability modifies health-care use and costs. This study examined the association between functional disability among cancer survivors and their health-care utilization and medical costs.

Methods

We generated nationally representative estimates using the 2015-2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Outcomes included use of 6 service types (inpatient, outpatient, office-based physician, office-based nonphysician, emergency department, and prescription) and medical costs of aggregate services and by each of 6 service types. The primary independent variable was a categorical variable for the total number of fu

SUBMITTER: Tak HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10505255 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature