Systematic review of healthcare costs related to mental health conditions among cancer survivors

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• Alternative Title:
  Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res
• Personal Author:
  Khushalani, Jaya S. ; Qin, Jin ; Cyrus, John ; Lunsford, Natasha Buchanan ; Rim, Sun Hee ; Han, Xuesong ; Yabroff, K. Robin ; Ekwueme, Donatus U.
• Description:
  Introduction:
  
  This systematic review examines healthcare costs associated with mental health conditions among cancer survivors in the United States.
  
  Areas covered:
  
  Ten published studies were identified. Studies varied substantially in terms of population, mental health conditions examined, data collection methods, and type of cost reported. Cancer survivors with mental health conditions incurred significantly higher total medical costs and costs of most service types compared to cancer survivors without a mental health condition. Additionally, the total healthcare expenditure related to mental health was higher among cancer survivors compared with people without history of cancer.
  
  Expert commentary:
  
  Mental health conditions are associated with increased healthcare costs among cancer survivors. Future examination of other components of economic burden, including patient out-of-pocket costs, nonmedical costs, such as transportation, childcare, and productivity losses for patients and their caregivers, will be important. Additionally, evaluation of economic burden by cancer site, stage at diagnosis, duration of survivorship, and treatment(s) will increase understanding of the overall impact of mental health conditions on cancer survivors and on the healthcare system.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Cancer Survivors Cost Cost Of Illness Economic Burden Health Care Costs Health Expenditures Humans Mental Disorders Mental Health Neoplasms Systematic Review

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• Source:
  Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 18(5):505-517.
• Pubmed ID:
  29869568
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6103822
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:097ad9249a4feb0a8d96b4eb24fe013990f25f67a05ec7a98c2ca647a2d2d01e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58363/cdc_58363_DS1.pdf
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