Associations between healthcare costs and care experiences among older adults with and without cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Care coordination and patient-provider communication are important for older adults with cancer, as they likely have additional, non-cancer chronic conditions requiring consultation across multiple providers. Suboptimal care coordination and patient-provider communication can lead to costly and preventable adverse outcomes. This study examines Medicare expenditures associated with patient-reported care coordination and patient-provider communication among older adults with and without cancer.

Materials and methods

We explore SEER-CAHPS® (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) linked data for differences in health care expenditures by care coordination and patient-provider communication experiences for

SUBMITTER: Allaire BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527170 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature