Health-Care Utilization by Prognosis Profile in a Managed Care Setting: Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Cancer Survival Calculator SEER*CSC

Conclusions
We found that although a new diagnosis of cancer increased utilization of cancer-related services for an extended time period, the timing of cancer diagnosis did not appear to affect other types of utilization. Future research should assess the reason for the lack of impact of cancer and unrelated comorbid conditions on utilization and whether desired outcomes of care were achieved.

Source: JNCI Monographs - November 21, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Rabin, B. A., Ellis, J. L., Steiner, J. F., Nekhlyudov, L., Feuer, E. J., Hankey, B. F., Cynkin, L., Bayliss, E. Tags: Article Source Type: research