Association Between Delayed/Forgone Medical Care and Resource Utilization Among Women with Breast Cancer in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although high treatment costs of breast cancer care are well documented, the relationship between delayed/forgone (D/F) care and resource utilization among patients with breast cancer is unknown. This study sought to investigate the relationship between D/F care, resource use, and healthcare expenditures among patients with breast cancer.

Methods

Data on adult female patients with breast cancer were obtained from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to assess resource utilization and expenditures in the United States from 2007 to 2017. Weighted proportions of patients with ≥ 1 emergency department, ≥ 1 inpatient, ≥ 1 outpatient, and > 5 office-based encounters were compared between those experiencing D/F care versus those who did not using Rao-Scott adjusted chi-s

SUBMITTER: Reddy KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882630 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature