Impact of Spousal Mental Illness on Healthcare Utilization Among Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer
Among patients with GI cancer spousal mental illness is associated with higher rates of outpatient visits, emergency department visits, and expenditures during the 1-year postoperative period. These findings underscore the importance of caregiving resources and counseling in alleviating caregiver burden, thereby reducing the overall burden on the healthcare system.
Authors
- Mujtaba Khalil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-2677)
- Kristen M. Carpenter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-589X)
- Timothy Michael Pawlik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-9870)
- Erryk Katayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-8124)
- Selamawit Woldesenbet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-3561)
- Odysseas P Chatzipanagiotou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8377-0263)
- Zayed Rashid
- Abdullah Altaf
- Sidharth Iyer
Institutions
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.27860
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Family Support in Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.45