Healthcare resource utilization and medical costs in patients with terminal cancer during best supportive care.

ABSTRACT: Patients with terminal cancer have different physical symptoms, prognoses, emotional distress, and end-of-life care plans from those receiving aggressive chemotherapy; few studies have assessed healthcare resource use in these patients. Therefore, this study aimed to assess healthcare resource utilization and medical costs incurred during best supportive care after the last anticancer drug treatment in patients with terminal cancer. This retrospective observational study was conducted using national sample cohort data from the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea. Only patients with cancer who were treated with the last anticancer drugs from January 1, 2006, to June 30, 2015, were included in the study. The period of best supportive care was defined as the time from the date of

SUBMITTER: Kang DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9165859 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature