Secondary-care costs associated with lung cancer diagnosed at emergency hospitalisation in the United Kingdom.
Thorax
; 72(10): 950-952, 2017 10.
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| ID: mdl-28137919
ABSTRACT
Lung cancer diagnosis during emergency hospital admission has been associated with higher early secondary-care costs and lower longer-term costs than outpatient diagnoses. This retrospective cohort study analyses the secondary-care costs of 3274 consecutive patients with lung cancer. Patients diagnosed during emergency admissions incurred greater costs during the first month and had a worse prognosis compared with outpatient diagnoses. In patients who remained alive, costs after the first month were comparable between diagnostic routes. In addition to improving patient experience and outcome, strategies to increase earlier diagnosis may reduce the additional healthcare costs associated with this route to diagnosis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Secundária à Saúde
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Hospitalização
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article