Background Cancer incidence and treatment-related costs are rising in Canada. We
estimated health care use and costs in the first year after diagnosis for patients with 7 …

Background The first year after cancer diagnosis is a period of intensive treatment and high
cost. We sought to estimate costs for the 21 most common cancers in Ontario in the 3-month …

Background Despite reports of increases in the cost of cancer treatment, little is known about
how costs of cancer treatment have changed over time and what services have contributed …

Background: Previous costing and resource estimates for cancer have not been complete
owing to lack of comprehensive data on cancer-related medication and radiation treatment …

Background Cancer is a major public health issue and represents a significant economic
burden to health care systems worldwide. The objective of this analysis was to estimate …

Objective: To determine health system expenditure on cancers by time since diagnosis
using data for an entire country. Methods: New Zealand cancer registry data was linked to …

Introduction: Costs associated with cancer care are increasing. Cancer costs in the context
of other common non-cancer diagnoses have not been extensively studied at the population …

Background We estimated trends in total and out-of-pocket (OOP) costs around the first year
of diagnosis for privately insured nonelderly adult cancer patients. Methods We constructed …

Methods: Using linked cancer registry and administrative data, and standardized costing
methodology and analyses, we estimated costs for 21 cancer sites by phase of care to …

Background As the population ages, the financial amount spent on cancer care is expected
to increase substantially. In this study, we projected cancer-related medical costs by state …