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National estimates of medical costs incurred by nonelderly cancer patients
Author(s) -
Howard David H.,
Molinari NoelleAngelique,
Thorpe Kenneth E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.20063
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , medical costs , environmental health , cancer , health insurance , actuarial science , health care , economic growth , business , philosophy , linguistics , economics
Cancer‐attributable spending as a percent of aggregate medical spending by nonelderly individuals is between 4.7% and 6.3%. A program to provide insurance coverage to nonelderly cancer patients would cost the government at least $30 billion, and possibly as much as $47 billion, annually.