Disparities in healthcare expenditures according to economic status in cancer patients undergoing end-of-life care.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

A desire for better outcome influences cancer patients' willingness to pay. Whilst cancer-related costs are known to have a u-shaped distribution, the actual level of healthcare utilized by patients may vary depending on income and ability to pay. This study examined patterns of healthcare expenditures in the last year of life in patients with gastric, colorectal, lung, and liver cancer and analyzed whether differences exist in the level of end-of-life costs for cancer care according to economic status.

Methods

This study is a retrospective cohort study which used data from the Korean National Elderly Sampled Cohort, 2002 to 2015. End-of-life was defined as 1 year before death. Economic status was classified into three categorical variables according to the level

SUBMITTER: Han KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939210 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature