Costs in Different States of Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Eija Roine, Risto P. Roine, Tiina Saarto, Harri Sintonen, Kimmo Taari, Niilo Färkkilä |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Oncology, Clinicum, Department of Public Health, Harri Sintonen Research Group, Urologian yksikkö, Department of Surgery, University of Helsinki, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, HUS Abdominal Center |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty Total cost medicine.medical_treatment 3122 Cancers costs Breast Neoplasms Disease COLORECTAL-CANCER 03 medical and health sciences Indirect costs breast cancer 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Breast cancer stomatognathic system QUALITY-OF-LIFE Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine PROSTATE Humans indirect costs Productivity health care economics and organizations Rehabilitation business.industry Remission Induction Burden of disease Health Care Costs General Medicine medicine.disease resource use 3. Good health Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Emergency medicine Female direct costs business |
| Zdroj: | Anticancer Research. 39:353-359 |
| ISSN: | 1791-7530 0250-7005 |
| DOI: | 10.21873/anticanres.13119 |
| Popis: | Background/Aim: This cross-sectional study estimated direct cancer-related health care, productivity and informal care costs for a six-month period for different states of breast cancer (BC). Patients and Methods: A total of 827 BC patients answered a questionnaire enquiring about informal care, work capacity, and demographic factors. Direct health care resource use and productivity costs were obtained from registries. Mutually exclusive groups were formed based on disease state and time from diagnosis: primary treatment (first six months after diagnosis), rehabilitation (>six months after diagnosis), remission (>1.5 years after diagnosis), and metastatic. Results: Mean total costs were: primary treatment (sic)22,876, rehabilitation (sic)3,456, remission (sic)1,728, and metastatic (sic)24,320. Mean direct health care costs were: primary treatment (sic)11,798, rehabilitation (sic)2,398, remission (sic)1,147, and metastatic (sic)13,923. Mean productivity costs varied between 18-39% and indirect costs (productivity and informal care costs) between 31-48% of the total costs. Conclusion: Direct medical costs were highest, but indirect costs constituted up to half of the total costs and are essential when estimating the total cost burden, as many patients are of working age. |
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