Estimated Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients With Common Cancers and Private Insurance.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cancer imposes a substantial economic burden on patients that may be worse in patients with higher-stage disease due to the need for more therapy.

Objective

To investigate the out-of-pocket costs (OOPCs) attributable to the initial treatment of common cancers among privately insured individuals diagnosed at different stages.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used administrative claims data of a large national insurer in the US linked to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry to compare OOPCs of individuals diagnosed with breast, colorectal, and lung cancer at different stages with OOPCs of similar individuals without cancer using difference-in-differences methods. Individuals living in the US b

SUBMITTER: Rose L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature