Healthcare utilization and cost of care in elderly breast cancer patients enrolled in SWOG clinical trials.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with cancer are at risk for unplanned hospitalizations during treatment which can increase the cost of care.

Objectives

To determine demographic and clinical factors associated with healthcare utilization and costs among clinical trial participants.

Design, setting, and patients

We conducted a retrospective analysis among breast cancer patients over the age of 65 treated on SWOG clinical trials from 1999 to 2011 with trial data linked to Medicare claims.

Main outcomes and measures

The outcomes were healthcare utilization (emergency room visits (ER), hospitalizations) and costs from Medicare Claims. Demographic, clinical, and prognostic factors were captured from clinical trial records. We identified cardiovascular comorbidities/risk factors

SUBMITTER: Hershman DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218818 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature