Health Care Utilization and Costs of Patients With Prostate Cancer in China Based on National Health Insurance Database From 2015 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In terms of medical costs, prostate cancer is on the increase as one of the most costly cancers, posing a tremendous economic burden, but evidence on the health care utilization and medical expenditure of prostate cancer has been absent in China.

Objective

This study aimed to analyze health care utilization and direct medical costs of patients with prostate cancer in China.

Methods

Health care service data with a national representative sample of basic medical insurance beneficiaries between 2015 and 2017 were obtained from the China Health Insurance Association database. We conducted descriptive and statistical analyses of health care utilization, annual direct medical costs, and composition based on cancer-related medical records. Health care utilization

SUBMITTER: Bai L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7299164 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature