Net costs of breast cancer in Colombia: a cost-of-illness study based on administrative claims databases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast Cancer (BC) is associated with substantial costs of healthcare; however, real-world data regarding these costs in Colombia is scarce. The contributory regime provides healthcare services to formal workers and their dependents and covers almost half of the population in Colombia. This study aims to describe the net costs of healthcare in women with BC covered by the contributory regime in Colombia in 2019 from the perspective of the Colombian Health System.

Methods

The main data source was the Capitation Sufficiency Database, an administrative database that contains patient-level data on consumption of services included in the National Formulary (PBS, in Spanish Plan de Beneficios en Salud). Data on consumption of services not included in the PBS (non-PBS) w

SUBMITTER: Torres GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218325 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature