Cost evaluation of an exercise oncology intervention: The exercise in all chemotherapy trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is strong evidence supporting the efficacy of exercise oncology programs to improve physical and psychosocial outcomes during active treatment. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the effect of exercise on healthcare utilization and cost analyzes of exercise oncology programs.

Aims

Our objective was to assess the effects of a pragmatic exercise oncology program (ENACT) during active chemotherapy treatment on healthcare utilization and associated costs.

Methods

We conducted post-hoc analyzes on 160 ENACT participants and 75 comparison participants matched on cancer site, stage, age range, and gender. We obtained complete healthcare utilization histories for each patient (specific to emergency department [ED] visits and hospital admissions) coinc

SUBMITTER: Potiaumpai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8955063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature