Health Care Utilization and Costs in Lung Cancer Screening Participants-A Propensity-Matched Economic Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lung cancer screening (LCS) for high-risk populations has been firmly established to reduce lung cancer mortality, but concerns exist regarding unintended downstream costs.

Methods

Mean health care utilization and costs were compared in the Alberta Lung Cancer Screening Study in a cohort undergoing LCS versus a propensity-matched control group who did not.

Results

A cohort of 651 LCS participants was matched to 336 unscreened controls. Over the study period (mean 3.6 y), a modest increase in the number of claims (22.4 versus 21.9 per person-year [PY]; Δ 0.50 [95% confidence interval: 0.15-0.86], p = 0.006) and outpatient visits (4.01 versus 3.50 per PY; Δ 0.51 [0.37-0.65], p <0.0001), but not in inpatient admissions, was noted in the screene

SUBMITTER: Tremblay A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709054 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature