Quantifying Total and Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated With Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Oncologic treatment is costly to the health care system and to individuals, but patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) also have long-term care needs after treatment. Survivors of HNC require specific consideration given their rapidly growing numbers. This subpopulation of cancer survivors often experiences long-term treatment-associated morbidity.

Objective

To describe the total and out-of-pocket (OOP) costs associated with HNC survivorship and the risk factors for financial toxicity among this population.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective review and economic evaluation of a cohort of US adults with a diagnosis of HNC from 2006 to 2018. The study used data the from IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims Database. Data were analyzed fro

SUBMITTER: Massa ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585466 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature