One-year follow-up healthcare costs of patients diagnosed with skin cancer in Germany: a claims data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routine skin cancer screening (SCS) is covered by the German statutory health insurance (SHI) since 2008. The objective of this study was to compare direct healthcare costs between patients in whom skin cancer was detected by routine SCS and patients in whom skin cancer was not detected by routine SCS.

Methods

A retrospective observational study of administrative claims data from a large German SHI was performed. Patients with a diagnosis of malignant melanoma (MM) or non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) diagnosed in 2014 or 2015 were included. Costs were obtained for one year before and one year after diagnosis and analyzed in a difference-in-differences approach using regression models. Frequency matching was applied and risk adjustment was performed. Additional anal

SUBMITTER: Speckemeier C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature