Direct Medical Costs Attributable to Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to estimate medical costs attributable to venous thromboembolism among patients with active cancer.

Methods

In a population-based cohort study, we used Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) resources to identify all Olmsted County, Minn. residents with incident venous thromboembolism and active cancer over the 18-year period, 1988-2005 (n = 374). One Olmsted County resident with active cancer without venous thromboembolism was matched to each case on age, sex, cancer diagnosis date, and duration of prior medical history. Subjects were followed forward in REP provider-linked billing data for standardized, inflation-adjusted direct medical costs from 1 year prior to index (venous thromboembolism event date or control-matched date) to the ear

SUBMITTER: Cohoon KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4996698 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature