State-Level Projections of Cancer-Related Medical Care Costs: 2010 to 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Manag Care
• Personal Author:
  Trogdon, Justin G. ; Tangka, Florence K. L. ; Ekwueme, Donatus U. ; Guy, Gery P. ; Nwaise, Isaac ; Orenstein, Diane
• Description:
  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 from 2010 through 2020. ; Methods ; We used pooled Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data for 2004 to 2008 and US Census Bureau population projections to produce state-level estimates of the number of people treated for cancer and the average cost of their treatment, from a health system perspective, by age group (18-44, 45-64, ≥65 years) and sex. In the base model, we assumed that the percentage of people in each of the 6 age-by-sex categories who had been treated for cancer would remain constant and that the inflation-adjusted average cancer treatment cost per person would increase at the same rate as Congressional Budget Office projections of overall medical spending. ; Results ; We projected that state-level cancer-related medical costs would increase by 34% to 115% (median = 72%) and that state-level costs in 2020 would range from $347 million to $28.3 billion in 2010 dollars (median = $3.7 billion). ; Conclusions ; The number of people treated for cancer and the costs of their cancer-related medical care are projected to increase substantially for each state. Effective prevention and early detection strategies are needed to limit the growing burden of cancer.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • Female
  • Health Care Costs
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Health Expenditures
  • Health Resources
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms
  • State Government
• Source:
  Am J Manag Care. 18(9):525-532.
• Pubmed ID:
  23009303
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4748376
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  200-2008-27958/PHS HHS/United States ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37953/cdc_37953_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 694.89 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf268a7e29802a5a2eaf5d748a38e894ff6046df9e0794ad98540d6f70d89d05