Costs of cancer care for use in economic evaluation: a UK analysis of patient-level routine health system data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising financial burden of cancer on health-care systems worldwide has led to the increased demand for evidence-based research on which to base reimbursement decisions. Economic evaluations are an integral component of this necessary research. Ascertainment of reliable health-care cost and quality-of-life estimates to inform such studies has historically been challenging, but recent advances in informatics in the United Kingdom provide new opportunities.

Methods

The costs of hospital care for breast, colorectal and prostate cancer disease-free survivors were calculated over 15 months from initial diagnosis of cancer using routinely collected data within a UK National Health Service (NHS) Hospital Trust. Costs were linked at patient level to patient-reported ou

SUBMITTER: Hall PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4453947 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature