National trends in pancreatic cancer outcomes and pattern of care among Medicare beneficiaries, 2000 through 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pancreatic cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the Medicare population. Whether the health care burden of pancreatic cancer has changed over the last decade is unknown.

Methods

The authors used Medicare data from 2000 to 2010 to identify beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years who were hospitalized for the management of pancreatic cancer. Annual trends were estimated for the age-sex-race-adjusted initial hospitalization rate, the age-sex-race-comorbidity-adjusted 1-year mortality rate after initial hospitalization, age-sex-race-comorbidity-adjusted procedure rates, 1-year all-cause rehospitalizations after initial pancreatic cancer hospitalization, and mean inflation-adjusted Medicare payment for initial hospitalization.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4019988 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature