Health insurance and spending among cancer patients.
Health insurance and spending among cancer patients.
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癌症患者的健康保险和支出。
作者：
K. Thorpe;D. Howard
每年诊断出超过130万新的癌症病例。虽然大多数癌症患者年龄较大，并由医疗保险覆盖，但我们的分析表明，65岁以下的癌症患者中有10%没有保险，65岁以下的西班牙裔癌症患者中有20%没有保险。我们发现，不同保险状况的癌症患者的医疗支出存在很大差异; 65岁以下未投保的患者在6个月内的癌症治疗支出是私人保险患者的57%。我们提出的证据表明，支出差异部分或完全是由于使用的差异，这表明提高覆盖率将改善癌症治疗。
Over 1.3 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year. While most cancer patients are older and covered by Medicare, our analysis indicates that 10 percent of cancer patients under age sixty-five are uninsured and that 20 percent of Hispanic cancer patients under age sixty-five are uninsured. We find substantial differences in cancer spending by insurance status; uninsured patients under age sixty-five spent 57 percent as much over a six-month period as privately insured patients spent for their cancer care. We present evidence to show that spending differences are due in part or completely to differences in use, which suggests that raising coverage rates will improve cancer treatment.
DOI：
10.1093/jnci/94.7.490
发表时间：
2002-04
期刊：
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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作者：
C. Bradley;C. Given;Caralee Roberts
通讯作者：
C. Bradley;C. Given;Caralee Roberts