Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on cancer care: How the pandemic has changed cancer utilization and expenditures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Since identified in December 2019, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a global impact on medical resource use and costs for patients with cancer in South Korea. This study aimed to identify the medical use and costs among patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, to predict these patterns in South Korea in the future.

Methods

We conducted a secondary claims data analysis using the National Health Insurance Service database for the calendar period of 2019-2020. Monthly relative percent changes in cancer incidence, medical use, and billing costs for medical care utilization by cancer type were calculated. Then, the medical use and costs after January 2020 were predicted using a time series model with data before the COVID-19 outbreak (2014-2

SUBMITTER: Sim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10852310 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature