Associations Between Rehabilitation Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Costs Among Older Adults With Breast Cancer in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between rehabilitation utilization within 12 months of breast cancer diagnosis and out-of-pocket costs in the second year (12-24mo after diagnosis).

Design

Secondary analysis of the 2009-2019 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare linked database. Individuals who received rehabilitation services were propensity-score matched to individuals who did not receive services. Overall and health care service-specific models were examined using generalized linear models with a gamma distribution.

Setting

Inpatient and outpatient medical facilities.

Participants

A total of 35,212 individuals diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast cancer and were continuously enrolled in Medicare Fee-For Service (parts A, B, and D) in the 12

SUBMITTER: Brick R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620952 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature