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Estimating Health Care Costs Related to Cancer Treatment From SEER-Medicare Data

Medical Care · 2002 · Vol. 40(Supplement) · pp. IV–104

Martin L. Brown✉(National Cancer Institute)Gerald F. RileyNicki SchusslerRuth Etzioni(Fred Hutch Cancer Center)

Abstract

Examples of cost estimates for colorectal and breast cancer derived from SEER-Medicare are presented, including estimates of incidence-based cost (average cost per patient) by the initial, terminal, and continuing care phases of cancer treatment. Estimates of cancer-related treatment costs, costs by type of treatment, and long-term costs are presented, as are prevalence-based costs (aggregate Medicare and national expenditures) by cancer type.

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