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End-of-Life Health-Care Cost of Patients With Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study.

Souliotis KyriakosChara KaniAndroniki MarioliAggeliki KamboukouAikaterini PrinouKonstantinos SyrigosSophia Markantonis
Published in: Health services research and managerial epidemiology (2019)
The results of our study indicate that both inpatient and outpatient costs were substantial. The main inpatient and outpatient cost drivers were chemotherapy and concomitant medication, respectively. A more comprehensive nationwide study would be useful to validate our results and to include also indirect costs of cancer care in Greece.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • mental health
  • acute care
  • locally advanced
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • adverse drug
  • rectal cancer