Open AccessCross-National Comparison of Medical Costs Shared by Payers and Patients: A Study of Postmenopausal Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Based on Assumption Case Scenarios and Reimbursement Fees
Author(s) -
Shota Hamada,
Shiro Hinotsu,
Hiroshi Ishiguro,
Masakazu Toi,
Koji Kawakami
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000354249
Subject(s) - medicine , reimbursement , cost sharing , breast cancer , medical costs , payment , medical care , cancer , health care , emergency medicine , finance , nursing , business , economic growth , economics
The objectives of this study were to estimate and cross-nationally compare the medical costs shared by payers and patients and the distributions of medical costs by cost category.
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