Comparison of medical resource consumption between oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma with and without sarcopenia: A nationwide population-based cohort study.
Head Neck
; 45(7): 1717-1727, 2023 07.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37141406
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
No study has compared long-term medical resource consumption between patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) with and without sarcopenia receiving curative surgery. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Generalized linear mixed and logistic regression models were employed to evaluate the number of postoperative visits and medical reimbursement for head and neck cancer or complications and the number of hospitalizations for treatment-related complications over 5 years after curative surgery, respectively.RESULTS:
The mean difference (95% CI) in total medical claims amounts between the nonsarcopenia and sarcopenia groups were new Taiwan dollars (NTD) 47 820 (35 864-59 776, p < 0.0001), 11 902 (4897-18 908, p = 0.0009), 17 282 (10 666-23 898, p < 0.0001), 17 364 (9644-25 084, p < 0.0001), and 8236 (111-16 362, p = 0.0470) for the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years, respectively.CONCLUSION:
The long-term medical resource consumption was higher in the sarcopenia group than in the nonsarcopenia group.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mouth Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Sarcopenia
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Head and Neck Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Head Neck
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Taiwan