Geographical disparities in treatment and health care costs for end-of-life cancer patients in China: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer imposes substantial burdens on cancer suffers, their families and the health system, especially in the end of life (EOL) of care patients. There are few developing country studies of EOL health care costs and no specialist studies of the disparities in cancer treatment and care costs by geographical location in China. We sought to examine geographical disparities in the types of cancer treatments and care costs during the last 3 months of life for Chinese cancer patients.

Methods

Using snowball sampling and face-to-face interviews, field research was conducted with a specialist questionnaire. Data were collected on 792 cancer patients who died between July 2013 and June 2016 in China. Total EOL health care costs were modeled using generalized linear models

SUBMITTER: Leng A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6325809 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature