Patterns of Medical Care Cost by Service Type Associated With Lung Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lung cancer screening (LCS) enhances early stage cancer detection; however, its impact on health care costs in real-world clinical settings is not well understood. The objective of this study was to assess changes in health care costs during the 12 months before LCS compared with the 12 months after.

Methods

This retrospective study analyzed health care costs based upon Medicare's fee-for-service reimbursement system using data from the Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process Lung Consortium. We included individuals who met age and smoking LCS eligibility criteria and were engaged within 4 health care systems between February 5, 2015, and December 31, 2021. Generalized linear models estimated health care costs from the payer perspective durin

SUBMITTER: Wain K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12767618 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature