Quantifying the effect of a cancer diagnosis on Medicare payments and use according to new public use files

New public use data sets available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services include a cancer indicator that allows for interesting comparisons with other chronic conditions among Medicare beneficiaries. When compared with beneficiaries with no chronic conditions, Medicare beneficiaries wi...

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Published in:Cancer 2014-01, Vol.120 (2), p.158-162
Main Author: Prada, Sergio I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Health Expenditures
Humans
Male
Medicare - economics
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - diagnosis
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:New public use data sets available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services include a cancer indicator that allows for interesting comparisons with other chronic conditions among Medicare beneficiaries. When compared with beneficiaries with no chronic conditions, Medicare beneficiaries with a cancer diagnosis and no other chronic condition cost 5 times more and result in 5 times as many inpatient admissions.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.28409